“For me poetry is about supporting other people to be their authentic self and supporting myself to work through the challenges of maintaining an authentic self.”
“My mother slipped two discs in her spine when I was nine and I was a young carer and I had a lot of support from communal services while I was caring and something a lady said to me was: write poetry. It's just been a gift. It was a gift then and it is a gift now and I still have a tremendous passion for emotional work.”
“I know some people have very different sectors of poetry that they're interested in but for me it's about supporting other people to be their authentic self and supporting myself to work through the challenges of maintaining an authentic self. I tend to try and narrate my experience in a way that is both healing and hopeful.”
“When I had a daughter there was a massive weight that comes upon you I think having a daughter and knowing that you have to show a woman the world is fully accessible to them, very often in poetry and many things you're walking into male-dominated space and you are saying actually I have a relevant thing to say and learning to speak as a woman and realise that your voice is valuable, I think that's incredibly important to her and I.”
Fern by Poppy-Jayne Jones
Video montage created by Jawbone volunteer member Hannah Pilgrim
Poppy-Jayne Jones is a creative member of The Jawbone Collective- Her poetry collection Between Reeds is the 7th of our publications
In this, the first poetry collection from Poppy-Jayne Jones she shows us her wild self and takes us by the hand and leads us to the hidden places ‘Between Reeds’. In doing so we find ourselves in our own wild inner spaces. At once playful and probing, the lines skip and howl and sing you along, and it’s impossible not to follow. The connection to nature is utterly tangible and love in all its forms whistles through this book like something always there yet changeable as the weather.
This collection bubbles with linguistic innovation. Poppy’s startling honesty imbues each poem with a refreshing vibrancy. Intensely personal these poems offer poignant insights into universal themes.
Poppy-Jayne Jones is a South-West based, acapella singer-songwriter, poet, and facilitator dedicated to uplifting marginalised voices. She organises Pyre Events, a Plymouth-based arts showcase for female and marginalised genders, and has supported the Plymouth Poetry Festival.
As a mother to a neurodivergent child, Poppy brings empathy and inclusivity to her work, running workshops that encourage participants to explore their creative voice.
Poppy performs at many events and Open Mic’s throughout the South West. She featured in a a Capella show All In at the Theatre Royal and delivered poetry workshops for the National Poetry Society, helping young people connect with the natural world through writing.
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