Homing: Poems by Emily Decker is now available as a paperback and a PDF (you can order multiple copies at a discount here). Homing: Poems explores the transitory nature of belonging and how we navigate our sense of place within our communities, relationships, and the natural world.
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The poems in this debut collection reflect on the interconnectedness of the paths we take and the moments along the way—between tides and seasons, in nature, amidst love and friendship, through memory and loss, over generations, and most of all, within ourselves—as we seek, find, and return to a place called home.
Decker was born in Virginia, on the Chesapeake Bay, and spent her childhood in Ghana and her growing-up years in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds degrees in literature and secondary English education from Georgia State University, and her poetry has appeared in Yellow Arrow Journal, Full Bleed, Hole in the Head Review, and Bay to Ocean Journal. Decker currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, where she also loves to participate in local theater, sing, and sail.
The cover and interior art of Homing: Poems were created by Alexa Laharty. According to Decker, the cover is based on a photograph she took of herself. Alexa “was able to take that photo and run with it, creating an image that I think sets up the themes across the collection quite poignantly.”
Learn more about Decker in a conversation between the author and Melissa Nunez, Yellow Arrow interviewer.
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Order your copy of Homing: Poems at yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/homing-poems-paperback, find Decker on Instagram and Facebook @emadeck or at emilydeckerpoetry.com, and connect with Yellow Arrow on Facebook and Instagram, to share some love for this chapbook. You can also share a review to any of the major distributors or by emailing editor@yellowarrowpublishing.com. We’d love to hear from you.
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