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Emma Aprile

Vibrant orange with green leaves against a dark background, symbolizing new unpublished poetry by Kentucky poet Emma Aprile, winner of the Salvation South New Poets Prize; image represents contemporary Southern poetry about memory, family, and hope.

Fierce With Electric Love

The winner of our first New Poets Prize gives us three big-hearted, sharp-minded poems on holding tight, oranges in winter, and discussing impossibilities with a child.

Open at Last

Visionary in all weathers, Louisville’s Emma Aprile finds a way to carry hope through life’s balancing act.

The Widow, the House, the Porch and the Stars

A Kentucky poet explores who we are, the places we inhabit and the skies that shimmer above us.