Amy Blakemore Poetry

Amy Blakemore was named a Foyle Young Poet of the Year in 2007 and 2008. She was featured in Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century. Her first publication on her own appeared in Nasty Little Press’s Intro series.

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Peckham Rye Lane

‘Peckham Rye Lane’ captures the vivid chaos and fleeting peace of London’s streets through keen observations from a bus ride.

Amy Blakemore’s poem ‘Peckham Rye Lane’ shows how she captures short, sharp moments from daily life and turns them into something worth pausing for. The poem isn’t her most famous work, but it clearly shows the way she writes—fast, observant, and with a strong sense of place. While not widely studied, ‘Peckham Rye Lane’ offers a good look at how she blends the ordinary with something slightly surreal and meaningful.

The sun, today –

it leaks desperation,

Gunmetal droplets of perspiration

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