Sudden Death and the Sea

Prose Poetry

Emma Briggs
Nov 3 · 2 min read

I am slammed by the shock of an unexpected death and I need to be by the sea. It is not the first time. When the world inside my head is shaken loose and set adrift, I know the ocean will still be there.

The waves roll in and roll out as they always do, never the same but never ceasing. The roar soothes my ears, so constant I don’t hear it and loud enough to drown my…

Emma Briggs

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Activist, hang-gliding assistant, writer & former sailor, journalist & clown. Debut poetry collection on sale tomorrow for 1 week only: https://t.co/zW5DIqPHiD?

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