The Emma Press is delighted to present Ikhda, by Ikhda, the electrifying debut from Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi. Characters and landscapes leap off every page and the poems pulse with a visceral femininity and humanity as Maharsi glories in the possibilities of language and life. Reading this book is like being splashed with freezing water and a shower of popping candy and wild roses - surprising, refreshing, delightful and bewildering, and something you wont forget in a hurry. With an introduction by Rachel Piercey.