Three Strikes
By Daphne Harries
Micro-booklet | Poetry
Pre-order now for January 2026 delivery
Three Strikes is a lyrical and haunting micro-booklet by Welsh and Australian poet Daphne Harries. Rooted in matriarchal memory, folklore and the emotional landscapes of mountains and water, this collection of three interconnected poems circles the Welsh folktale of Llyn y Fan Fach.
Each poem reflects a different echo of the myth: the strike of separation, the strike of memory and the strike of return. Together, they form a quiet braid of longing, inheritance and reclamation, exploring what we carry in our bodies, what we lose through distance and silence, and what the land remembers even when we forget.
Daphne’s voice feels both ancient and sharply contemporary. In these poems she revisits the mother at the lake’s edge, the pull of home that lives in the body, and the intimate relationships between language, identity and place. Lines linger long after reading, moving through folklore, family and the blurred spaces between what is inherited and what is reclaimed.
Daphne Harries is a Welsh and Australian poet currently studying English at Oxford. Her work often dwells on matriarchs, mountains and bogs, shaped by myth, land and memory. When she is not writing, she enjoys tea, fantasy literature and naps.
Three Strikes is part of the Lemon Pip micro-booklet series from Lemon Jelly Press.
Pre-order now for January 2026 delivery.
All paying Substack subscribers will receive a free copy as part of their subscription.
Three Strikes
By Daphne Harries
Micro-booklet | Poetry
Pre-order now for January 2026 delivery
Three Strikes is a lyrical and haunting micro-booklet by Welsh and Australian poet Daphne Harries. Rooted in matriarchal memory, folklore and the emotional landscapes of mountains and water, this collection of three interconnected poems circles the Welsh folktale of Llyn y Fan Fach.
Each poem reflects a different echo of the myth: the strike of separation, the strike of memory and the strike of return. Together, they form a quiet braid of longing, inheritance and reclamation, exploring what we carry in our bodies, what we lose through distance and silence, and what the land remembers even when we forget.
Daphne’s voice feels both ancient and sharply contemporary. In these poems she revisits the mother at the lake’s edge, the pull of home that lives in the body, and the intimate relationships between language, identity and place. Lines linger long after reading, moving through folklore, family and the blurred spaces between what is inherited and what is reclaimed.
Daphne Harries is a Welsh and Australian poet currently studying English at Oxford. Her work often dwells on matriarchs, mountains and bogs, shaped by myth, land and memory. When she is not writing, she enjoys tea, fantasy literature and naps.
Three Strikes is part of the Lemon Pip micro-booklet series from Lemon Jelly Press.
Pre-order now for January 2026 delivery.
All paying Substack subscribers will receive a free copy as part of their subscription.
