Jackie Biggs’ second poetry collection, Breakfast in Bed, was published in Autumn 2019 by Indigo Dreams Publishing. It was shortlisted in the Welsh Poetry Book Awards 2020. Her first collection, The Spaces in Between was published in 2015. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.She received a special mention in the 2020 Welsh International Poetry Competition, was Highly Commended in the same competition in 2019 and in the R S Thomas Festival Competition 2019. Some of her poetry appears on her blog: http://jackie-news.blogspot.co.uk Twitter: @JackieNews
Breaking the surface
Sickle fins cut ocean calm
rise and dip
rise and dip
two three four five
arcing through sealight
polished skin in spindrift
leaping over waterbeams
we are here, we are here
come play
come play
make seaweed sail
see jellyfish fly
snapping jaws slapping tails
smiley faced bottlenoses
chuckle in sunshine.
Mother and calf rise and dive
rise and dive
follow them down
hear her whistle
as she calls her name through oceans
I am here I am here
come play
come play
geigercounter giggle
clicktick tickclick
click click click click click
finding friends in sound patterns
cackles snickers
never silent
always shows her joy
grins from eye to eye.
Jackie Biggs
