Welcome!

I'm a writer and radio host, author of Fierce Delight: Poems of Early Motherhood.

I'm so glad you've stopped by. 

 "I tell you this

to break your heart,

by which I mean only

that it break open and never close again

to the rest of the world."

--Mary Oliver, "Lead"

See what people are saying about “Fierce Delight:”

“Bright's poems of marriage and new motherhood remind us of the importance of daily awe, as she writes of "how much is alive. How we are alive inside it." These poems remind us love "can rise like steam, like heat, like oil from the stew," and hope blooms again and again leaving "our kitchen floor strewn with petals." This is a collection to be savored and shared.”

-Shana Youngdahl, author of "A Cage To Welcome" and "History, Advice and Other Half-Truths"

“What a pleasure reading these heartfelt poems. In Fierce Delight, Emily Bright tells us of her life in loving detail—more than that, she examines it and revels in it. While never avoiding the difficulties of raising a family, Emily Bright is generous in revealing all its
joys. Indeed, a lyrical delight.”
--Mary Logue, author of Heart Wood