Jane Ayres
childhood sweetheart/sender
growing smaller i wanted to
i really wanted to cross over into the spiced abyss
(you should see my bookshelves)
unvarnished factfictionfictionfact
this requires special attention &
these are the days these are the days
she died in his arms wearing a coded herringbone brooch
(that hypnotic house in Connecticut)
in what way strange? dressed in lingering black
did she hear frayed voices
(truefriends)
on the luminous staircase
before she was pushed? or jumped?
all is well & all is well &
all this violation will pass because we love each other
just add cold water a touch of colour & stir
(maybe I could eat my way out of this)
tempting empty trashed symmetry
(what’s in the dressing-up box today?)
slow down
you work too hard but
leave a note & do your very best before the grieving book-
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d
s
i really wanted to cross over into the spiced abyss
(you should see my bookshelves)
unvarnished factfictionfictionfact
this requires special attention &
these are the days these are the days
she died in his arms wearing a coded herringbone brooch
(that hypnotic house in Connecticut)
in what way strange? dressed in lingering black
did she hear frayed voices
(truefriends)
on the luminous staircase
before she was pushed? or jumped?
all is well & all is well &
all this violation will pass because we love each other
just add cold water a touch of colour & stir
(maybe I could eat my way out of this)
tempting empty trashed symmetry
(what’s in the dressing-up box today?)
slow down
you work too hard but
leave a note & do your very best before the grieving book-
e
n
d
s
Biography
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Based in the UK, Jane Ayres re-discovered poetry studying for a part-time Creative Writing MA at the University of Kent, which she completed in 2019 at the age of 57. She enjoys Open Mic events, is fascinated by hybrid poetry/prose experimental forms and has work published or accepted in Confluence, Postscript, Dissonance, The Agonist, Lighthouse, Viscaria, The Sock Drawer, Streetcake, The North, The Poetry Village, Scrittura, Door is a Jar, Marble, Agapanthus, Confingo, Crow & Cross Keys, Kissing Dynamite and The Forge.
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