jemma leech
is a British/Texan poet and essayist living in Houston. She has been featured in the Houston Chronicle, The Times, the Times Educational Supplement and on ABC News.
Jemma was awarded The Sammy Award by The River Performing and Visual Arts Center in 2008 for her work in spreading awareness of the abilities of people with disabilities.
Six of her poems have been set to music by composer Mary Carol Warwick, a cycle for soprano, viola, oboe, and piano, entitled Jemma Songs. The piece was premiered by The Greenbriar Consortium and has been performed several times since.
In 2012, Jemma was invited to be part of the Inauguration of Houston's Mayor, Annise Parker, where her poem, I Have a Dream, was read as the Inaugural Poem.
She is currently working on her first poetry collection, In:Print.
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Currently working on a poetry collection, In:Print.
A past poetry reading, live streamed by the Houston Public Library, featuring Jemma Leech and other Houston poets:
“Jemma Leech is a silent poet with a loud voice. She listens when others speak, and also when they don’t. She constantly writes in her head, but only occasionally lets her words escape onto paper. An accidental Houstonian, she loves Texas winters and British summers, but definitely not the other way around.”