A Vision of Orchids

these words are scratching the walls
opaque light blinds in small pools by my bed
is there anyone to hear it?
Rising in the lyrical, imagist language of her roots, her present and what can only be seen in the dark, this first collection by Jai M Louissen holds gently the stretch between nature and the ethereal, trauma and transcendence. An embodied yet otherworldly wander through woman's undoing and her way back.
"There is a scarcity of poets, in this over-saturated Insta-poetry world, that write with a word choice that echoes in the core of your being. In this collection, adorned with organic images - bones and flora alike - Louissen not only sings a siren song through the jagged sea, but offers a remedy, a respite, to embrace our collective pain - and soar on." - Sarah Herrin, Editor-in-Chief at Beyond the Veil Press Jai M Louissen is a Scottish-born poet, now living via London in the coastal natural beauty of The Netherlands. Having spent time composing songs and music as a singer, recording artist and performer, her work began as a longing to be closer to her own inner world.