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About Nicole Burney

Nicole Burney is a native of New Jersey. She's fascinated by linguistics, and how language reveals layers of estrangement and human identity. Her work has or will appear in THE RUMPUS, Cold Creek Review, Glass Poetry, Cleaver Magazine, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, and Lunch Ticket Amuse-Bouche. She is currently working on her first full-length collection, BLACK MAMBA.

Two poems by Nicole Burney

Nicole Burney

Lake

Chamomile A boy I know died/ and I don’t know what to make of it/ he is my first/ frailty/ Storm clouds gather/ this is good/ I need balance inside and out/ I burn an omelette/ I remember his … [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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