Moon Base One

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

An extraordinary collection of poetry born from the most profound of human experiences - love, loss, and the fight for life itself.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Jemma L. King won the Terry Hetherington Young Welsh Writer of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Wales Book of the Year Prize and the Sundress Prize for her haunting debut poetry collection, The Shape of a Forest . Her breathtaking second collection, The Undressed , was inspired by a cache of antique nude photographs of women returning voices to those previously lost to history. The first prize winner of the 2024 International Cambrian Mountains poetry competition, Jemma’s latest work has been published by magazines including Acumen , Littoral , and Seaside Gothic . Moon Base One is her third collection. Jemma lives with her husband, son and dog in the Welsh countryside.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

‘In Moon Base One , Jemma L. King transports the reader between the sea and the stars; between mother and child; between the body and the vastness around it, so these are not separate spaces but part of the same orbit. King has a gift for writing in a way that’s relentlessly inventive and so often breathtaking. Raw heart, electric imagery and undeniable skill – Jemma L. King’s best yet.’ – Natalie Ann Holborow 'A masterclass in metaphor. From foetal spacemen to the ever-shifting landscape of the maternal body, here is poetry microcosmic and macrocosmic, intimate and vast, gorgeous and visceral. It moved me; it made me want to write; it was brimful of loss and hope and complexity. I loved it.' – Emily Blewitt Winner of the Terry Hetherington Young Welsh Writer of the Year Award; shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Wales Book of the Year Prize and the Sundress Prize for first collection, The Shape of a Forest . Welsh Libraries Author of the Month, November 2025. When poet Jemma L. King learned that her unborn son faced life- threatening conditions, her world unravelled. In his first fragile months, she turned to poetry to make sense of the impossible, asking: what happens before we begin, and what happens when we meet our most significant endings? Spanning centuries and continents, this breathtaking collection moves through time and space – from the icefields of Antarctica to the Salem Witch Trials, from ancient Greek myths to the neon-drenched visions of Warhol and McQueen. King’s verse travels to the stars and back, interrogating the boundaries of existence, the fragility of life, and the fierce power of motherhood. With exquisite lyricism and unflinching insight, this collection is a meditation on survival, rebirth, and the ever-unfolding mystery of what it means to be alive. A cosmic, deeply personal journey that pulses with wonder, it reminds us that even in our darkest moments, we remain part of something vast, luminous, and filled with possibility.