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About Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith grew up in Hebden Bridge in the UK. He's spent the last three years traveling around Latin America and I is currently living in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he's working on an untitled collection of poetry. A two-time contributor to Empty Mirror, his work is forthcoming in the December issue of The London Grip.

Two poems by Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith

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Pink Shots. The needle drops, wails Gin and trombones While Erikson plays dice In the mirror and Lucy downs Pink shots of poetry. By 5am we are beasts, Animals on hands and Knees, lapping … [Read more...]

Two poems by Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith

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On the Rocks. That antique gramophone Next to the suffragette lampshade, Marble time measured in Vinyl. Look at the dust-jackets: Mint condition memories. Warped voices warble in … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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