Animals: “Electric-Fire Type Haibun” by Emdash

About Emdash

Emdash AKA Emily Lu Gao (高璐璐) is a writer, open mic host, auntie, and daughter of Chinese immigrants. They create art to heal, grow, and decolonize. Her poems live in poetry.online, sine theta, The Bellingham Review, Underblong and more. They’ve earned funding from Sundress Publications, Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference, Jersey City Arts Council, Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference, and Rutgers-Newark. There, she simultaneously taught undergraduates and got an MFA in Poetry. For full publication and performance history, visit emdashsays.com. When not writing, she is likely watching drag or telling one too many jokes.