"Welcome to my scattered anthem. My name is Emily Isaacson, and I am a poet who lives by candlelight—both literally and inwardly. I write from a life shaped by devotion rather than spectacle, by attention rather than noise. My work grows slowly, like prayer, and often in quiet places: near forests, near convents, near the steady rhythms of contemplation. Poetry, for me, is not performance. It is a form of listening, a way of keeping watch, a way of tending what is sacred when the world moves too quickly to notice. . ." 

Begins my recent intro added to my Wildlily website . . .  Read more