New collection, Cave Whale, with Alba Publishing. £12 plus P&P. Come to the first launch at The George, Newnham on Severn, 7.30 pm on Saturday 2nd May, reading with Stewart Carswell. Free tickets and further details availble on The George website.
Poetry
Jane Spray’s poems, several prize-winning, have appeared in Poetry News, Mslexia, Pennine Platform, Acropolis Journal, Fourteen Magazine, Madrigal, Wildfire Words, Blithe Spirit, Allegro, The Haibun Journal and New Chan Forum as well as in many anthologies and other publications, including online.
She belongs to several writing groups in the Forest of Dean, where she lives, and has recently been Poet in Residence at Clearwell Caves, in the Forest. She has read at Cheltenham Poetry Festival, and has had poems about the River Wye set to music by Fiona Taylor, with performances in 2024 and 2025. She is also a member of the Redthread haiku sangha, who meet online and in Wales.
Jane’s first collection of poems, which includes her cave residency work, is called Cave Whale and other poems. It will be published by Alba Publishing in May 2026. The first launch is at The George in Newnham on Severn, 7.30 pm, on Saturday 2nd May, reading with Stewart Carswell. See The George website for tickets.
Here are a few links to some poems
https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/a-stove-dream-of-green-2/
'A Stove Dream of Green' was published in Poetry News Autumn 2023, a winner of the members competition on the theme of 'The door closed. The house was empty.' judged by Ian McMillan.
https://wildfire-words.com/poetry-on-botanicals-and-gardens/
Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Milkmaids, Fairy Flower, May Flower…
https://www.allegropoetry.org/p/issue-30-march-2023.html
Quantum Villanelle
https://breamcommunitylibrary.co.uk/poetryarchive
Devil’s Chapel and a recording of ‘A Stove Dream of Green’ – scroll down