Jacaranda

by C.W. Emerson

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C.W. Emerson’s work has garnered numerous international accolades, including two awards from Poetry International: the C.P. Cavafy Poetry Prize (2018) and co-winner of the 2023-24 Summer Chapbook competition. Emerson’s poetry and literary criticism have been featured in esteemed publications such as Harvard Review, Oxford University Press, Greensboro Review, Tupelo Quarterly, and more. He is the author of Luminous Body, Glittering Ash (World Enough Writers, 2026), and Danger Face (Wayfarer Books, 2025), winner of the 2024 Homebound Poetry Prize, a chapbook, Off Coldwater Canyon (The Poetry Box, 2021), and the prize-winning portfolio The Thoracic Diaries, forthcoming from Poetry International. Emerson’s poetry was a finalist for the Montreal International Poetry Prize (2022), and shortlisted for the International Beverly Prize for Literature (2019). His work has been anthologized in several poetry compilations. Dr. Emerson is a retired clinical psychologist and divides his time between southern California and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Visit his website at theolderamericanpoet.com.