Chris Emery was born in Manchester in 1963. He has published four collections of poetry, a writer ’s guide, an anthology of art and poems, and edited selections of Emily Brontë, John Keats and Christina Rossetti. He works in publishing and lives in Cromer, North Norfolk. Wonder is his fifth collection of poetry.

… has complex roots. The poems owe much to cinema … a distinctive sonic resonance…word music which sets his work apart. In these poems Emery has discovered a language which articulates the complex and nightmarish ramifications of the war on terror…

• TapersCrear EntertainmentsBlack FlakeThe JourneyThe CandidatesEndless BanksLoose MeatSewer Music for the Social BargainFrom the Centre Dog FaceDecemberCold Twig Men of the FutureSaturniidaePornographic Leg SongBone MerchantClan TinnitusThe ImpresarioHenry Purcell's Love SongThe Mouths of Sweet VirginiaMy Heraldic ApeThe Spiders of the JustGrand Ole Arm OpryClass Narratives for ArtBroadcastsGingham Debt ReliefThe CurtainMunicipal Care FoundationGeorge's SongThe LermontovYellow Shattered WatersThe Wolves are on the Dark BeefBlemishLemnos Revisited