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époque press is an independent publisher based between Brighton and Dublin established to promote and represent the very best in new literary talent.
Through a combination of our main publishing imprint and our online ezine we aim to bring inspirational and thought provoking work to a wider audience.
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Hello and welcome!
époque press is an independent publisher based between Brighton and Dublin established to promote and represent the very best in new literary talent.
Through a combination of our main publishing imprint and our online ezine we aim to bring inspirational and thought provoking work to a wider audience.
Our main imprint is seeking out new voices, authors who are producing high-quality literary fiction and who are looking for a partner to help realise their ambitions. Our commitment is to fully consider all submissions on literary merit alone and to provide a personal response.
Our ezine will showcase a combination of the written word, visual and aural art forms, bringing together artists working in different mediums to encourage and inspire new perspectives on specific themes.
For details of how to submit your work to us for consideration please follow the submissions guidelines and for all other enquiries please email info@epoquepress.com
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Luca Margherita Damiani
Poetry
As The Spoon Empties
As the spoon empties,
It is difficult to walk.
As the spoon empties,
It is challenging to see.
As the spoon empties,
I am sorry for not functioning.
Chronic flow in sensory disability,
Turning self into a spoonie,
Damned those forks and knives!
Impaired central nervous system,
Almost like a sudden crashed broken plate.
I wish I could have more spoons…
…maybe even teaspoons as those could still help indeed.
The reality is that I only have the spoon I have today,
But I should be able to refill it tomorrow,
And that is what matters most.
Day by day,
Spoon by spoon.
Luca is a published author-artist and is a university fellow, focusing his ongoing practice and research on neuroscience, neuro-diversity and mental health. Luca has high-functioning autism and also suffers from a sensory disability and related mental illnesses triggered by an accident in 2018. Luca has collaborated with many institutions internationally, such as BMJ Medical Humanities, Hearing Health Foundation, Science Gallery, Graphic Medicine, Computer Arts Society, Mozilla Foundation, NESTA, Amnesty International, BBC, Disney, TATE, V&A and more.
Of the poem featured here, Luca states:
‘I live with chronic pain due to an impairment of my nervous system - sound, light, movement, smell - all these sensory inputs affect me in a way that is very disabling and at times almost impossible to control. An invisible disability that has changed my life hugely, and that often breaks me down to the point of not wanting to exist anymore. “As The Spoon Empties” was written specifically in response to the theme of “Shortage”. I am a spoonie and so, spoon by spoon (of energy) I function.'