Jayne Linke Jayne Linke i(A120778 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 No Need i "No need to feel sorry for me in my chair.", Jayne Linke , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: I Protest! Poems of Dissent 2020; (p. 122)
1 That Simple-yet-Elusive Something : Appreciating Haiku of Seasons and Camping through Conversational Reading and Writing Together Jayne Linke , Amelia Walker , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 24 no. 1 2020;

— Review of Summer Haiku Owen Bullock , 2019 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Nature’s Cache Jayne Linke , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2020 19030781 2020 selected work poetry

''Like Basho and like Rumi, Mary Oliver and William Carlos Williams, Jayne Linke has a mystic-seeming knack for rendering complexity in profoundly straight forward terms. Her poems themselves can be read quickly and easily, at least in terms of the words on the page. Yet their impact lingers long, provoking new ways of seeing and appreciating the small and large things commonly taken for granted or overlooked. Jayne's poetic gifts include her keen eye for detail and her capacity for showing rather than telling. As a reader, I feel she takes my hand and guides me to the spring of insight, then offers a delicious freedom regarding where, when and how to dive in. Notable, too, is Jayne's personable yet playful language, which sparkles with inventive metaphors, imagery and musicality reflecting a long-standing passion for words. This is a collection that will captivate a broad range of readers, including both poetry aficionados and those perhaps not otherwise inclined towards the poetic genre. I recommend it particularly for those of us who, leading busy lives, need to slow down and breathe in some mindfulness - a reminder of how precious and how rare life truly is.' - Dr Amelia Walker, SA poet

''To wander through the natural world accompanied by Jayne's poetry is to see it come alive with vivid colour, texture, sound and scent. Each and every page of this anthology reminds us to take a longer pause, allowing our senses to become drenched in Mother Nature's abundant majesty. In these troubled times for our blue planet, Jayne's poetry faithfully honours the precious gift of our dwelling place in the cosmos. She is a modern minstrel whose honeyed tropes sing hymns of praise to our diverse, beguiling, and magnificent world.' - Rebekah Popescu, art psychotherapist at Adelaide Art Therapy, academic and lecturer at the Ikon Institute of Australia.' (Publication summary)

1 Shadow-Chasing i "Sparrows hopping idly -", Jayne Linke , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry , November vol. 1 no. 2 2018;
1 Shadow Opposites i "For a shadow to appear,", Jayne Linke , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry , November vol. 1 no. 2 2018;
1 Shadow as Foreboding i "Like a looming truck", Jayne Linke , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry , November vol. 1 no. 2 2018;
1 Gum Saplings i "Like running paint", Jayne Linke , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Wild 2018; (p. 157)
1 y separately published work icon Moonbeams in the Bitter Rain Jayne Linke , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2017 11102217 2017 selected work poetry

‘Through her poetry in Moonbeams in the Bitter Rain Jayne Linke invites understanding of what it is to come through harsh and life-changing events. Crisp, raw and achingly honest, her writing at times gives voice to her experience of being perceived and treated as broken, expressing the desire to be related to fully and naturally, to be engaged with as spirited and alive. Rich with allegory and beauty, her words move beyond isolation and despair to a sense of soulful connection and transcendence. Her openness to beauty, life and nature and her interconnectedness with it all shines through, as does her experience of joy, play and freedom. To know Jayne, to read her poetry is to witness the expression of a sharp and observant intellect and wit, a depth of ability to make connections after an experience of trapped and enforced silence. It is to be touched profoundly by the power of love and tenacity in her and her family. -Colleen Lamshed'

(Publication summary)

1 Evening Unfolds i "Delicate flowers", Jayne Linke , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Two : Rewired : 2008; (p. 116)
1 Algae Calligraphy i "There are clouds", Jayne Linke , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Two : Rewired : 2008; (p. 115)
1 Esplanade i "Edge of the sea", Jayne Linke , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Two : Rewired : 2008; (p. 115)
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