Jackie Biggs’ second poetry collection, Breakfast in Bed, was published in Autumn 2019 by Indigo Dreams Publishing. Her first, The Spaces in Between was published in 2015 by Pinewood Press. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She was Highly Commended in the Welsh International Poetry Competition and in the R S Thomas Festival Competition, both in 2019. She reads her work regularly at spoken word events all over west Wales, where she lives, and is a member of the Rockhoppers – Coast to Coast Poets performance group. Some of her poetry appears on her blog: http://jackie-news.blogspot.co.uk Twitter: @JackieNews
Aurelia aurita
moon jellies bump gently
against my body
as I float in the tide
of early morning, late spring
creatures without brain
blood, eyes, or heart
yet they are beautiful
free swimmers,
pulsing movers,
alive in their own light
iridescent silk, violet motifs.
We let the sea swallow us
and drift together
as they murmur secret stories
older than dinosaurs.
Jackie Biggs