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Content Warning: bones
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 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
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.