Jan Harris
Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England

Jan Harris’s poems have appeared in various journals including Acumen, Envoi, and Poetry Wales, and in various anthologies, including several e-books published by Poetry Kit. Jan was awarded third place in the Wales Poetry Award, 2019. Her first collection, Mute Swans on the Cam, was published in July 2020.

Date poem was completed: 7th November 2020

November Walk During Lockdown

 

Sun clears away early morning fog,

shines through huge plastic poppies

on lampposts, as if they are lit from within,

in remembrance.

 Red berries brighten

the rowans, but the beech leaves, brown

and brittle with age, tremble

in an almost imperceptible breeze.