Biography
I am a performance poet and freelance nonfiction writer with a background in both science and music. I like to write about human rights, culture and nature with passion and humour. I have been active on the North West open mic circuit for several years, both in person, and online. My featured performances include: Manchester Histories Soapbox for the King St Festival, Manchester Truth To Power CafĂ© at Hebden Bridge Trades Club, Wigan Diggersâ Festival 2019, Biconic, Manchester, We Shall Overcome, Blackburn That's What She Said, Manchester I am the curator and host of Rise! Spoken Word at The Bureau, in Blackburn, Lancashire. I have been published in various magazines, including Printed Words and Kindred Spirit, have a poem in the anthology Peterloo Poems by Manchester People published by Seven Arches Publishing, and I am a regular contributor writer for Earth Pathways Diary. I am currently available for online featured performances, online event hosting, poetry and nonfiction commissions, and nonfiction editing and proofreading.
Samples
Itâs not a trend, itâs a necessity Gotta keep up with the Kardashians mentality, âItâs not a trend itâs a necessity,â trapped in triviality, keeping you from seeing reality. Do what youâre told because youâre worth it. Seem to be sold out, sorry, whoâs worth it? Examine your eyebrows with laser focus, while the forests burn youâre taciturn. But butt implants are more essential than the last rare plant destroyed, as torrential rains and flash floods bless the blood of children, spilled in war for oil. Your botox is crucial for your facial brutal atrocity across the nations, inequality is normalised. Donât forget your eyes need a grand of lashes, while a different brand, in Saudi slashes for one who dares to Speak. Of. Freedom. They said it was worth it. Itâs not a trend. Itâs a necessity. ©ïžJaney Colbourne 2018 Canaries in the Mine ©ïžJaney Colbourne 2018 'To All You Writers And Poets' live @ Number 39 Bar ©Janey Colbourne 2018 The Voice of the Commons ©ïžJaney Colbourne 2018 Itâs A Crime To Sleep When Youâre Homeless (published by Poetry24) https://soundcloud.com/user-145695246/its-a-crime-to-sleep-when-youre-homeless ©ïžJaney Colbourne 2018
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Blog entries by Janey Colbourne
Rise! (10/11/2020)
This Is Capitalism (29/05/2019)
Christmas Is Ridiculous (14/12/2018)
Glastonbury 1997. Don't Go There. (22/11/2018)
Timeâs Up (07/11/2018)
Sensory Intensity (04/11/2018)
Plasticiser (a plastic rap) (02/11/2018)
Long Distance Love (16/10/2018)
Vanessa Kisuule I Thank You (11/10/2018)
Respect to the Snowflake Generation (04/10/2018)
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Blog link: https://www.writeoutloud.net/blogs/janeycolbourne
Audio entries by Janey Colbourne
Christmas Is Ridiculous (14/12/2018)
On Tents Left Behind At Festivals (30/08/2018)
Iâm Not Your Zebra (23/07/2018)
Real Life (24/05/2018)
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Comments
Thanks for reading and commenting on 'The Language of Trees'.......... I kid you not in Settle go up constitutional hill to the ancient woodland and there is a talking tree
Youâre welcome Christine. Good poem.
Thank you for your comments on 'pissing up the wall'
Thanks Big Sal!
Big Sal
Thu 24th May 2018 21:13
Great sample. ?
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Janey Colbourne
Tue 2nd Oct 2018 19:45
Thanks Christine. I enjoyed your poem. I will go and visit those woods if Iâm ever up that way. Iâve written quite a bit about trees and woodland myself. Some nonfiction and song lyrics as well as a couple of poems. I like to sit in the woods to write.