Jenny Byrne - A brief lesson in archaeology: Work

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Jenny Byrne - A brief lesson in archaeology: Work

Jenny Byrne - A brief lesson in archaeology

Cultivate in tight spaces, seek spartan

beauty in stygian darkness

seat yourself within the chariot of Selene

galloping from the eclipse

Bury sentimentality, excavate the

chalky dust of brittle bones

bearing the fruit of your skeleton

Speak in ancient tongues that drip

with the syrup of a hundred lemons

twist and turn the map —

find a way.

Jenny Byrne - A brief lesson in archaeology: Work

Jenny Byrne lives in Dublin. Her poetry has appeared in The Galway Review, Impspired, Drawn to the Light Press, Black Bough Poetry and The Madrigal. She is a contributor to wave seven of iamb - poetry seen and heard. She is on Twitter @jenbyrnewrites

Jenny Byrne - A brief lesson in archaeology: Work

Artwork: The Divine Isle (1) by Jen Martin (digital stills taken from original moving image arts)

Jen Martin is an artist from Wester Ross, based in Glasgow. Jen works in film, writing and sound. She exhibited video work at the Centre for Contemporary Art Glasgow in 2019, for the Some things want to run programme. Jen collaborates in film with artists, dancers, musicians, writers and performers. She has accrued extensive professional experience in filmmaking as an editor and colourist, film and sound tuition.

Jenny Byrne - A brief lesson in archaeology: Work