Jane Burn
@janeburn.bsky.social
Poet, Writer, Artist, Maker. Person with Autism. Person with a hEDS. Kindness is so very important. Bios are difficult! I do much writing on https://burnj.substack.com/
A catch-up on my nature diary. Feels odd to be typing August in November but good to revisit what you were thinking and feeling at the time. In this aritcle I also quote from Pamela Gormally's wonderful collection, which she was kind enough to give me as a gift.
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The University of the Self #103
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 28
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November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A catch-up on my nature diary. Feels odd to be typing August in November but good to revisit what you were thinking and feeling at the time. In this aritcle I also quote from Pamela Gormally's wonderful collection, which she was kind enough to give me as a gift.
burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
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And it is. Jane's Substack has contributed to my own growth. I've not read anybody else's work for months now, but I will read this one and urge you to do the same.
Jane made me realise that how I write matters more than trying to emulate anybody else.
Thank you <3
Jane made me realise that how I write matters more than trying to emulate anybody else.
Thank you <3
I am having a small personal celebration - 19 months of dedicated work has led me to my 100th Substack article - it feels like an achievement to me :-)
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burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The University of the Self #100
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 27
burnj.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
And it is. Jane's Substack has contributed to my own growth. I've not read anybody else's work for months now, but I will read this one and urge you to do the same.
Jane made me realise that how I write matters more than trying to emulate anybody else.
Thank you <3
Jane made me realise that how I write matters more than trying to emulate anybody else.
Thank you <3
I am having a small personal celebration - 19 months of dedicated work has led me to my 100th Substack article - it feels like an achievement to me :-)
burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The University of the Self #100
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 27
burnj.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I am having a small personal celebration - 19 months of dedicated work has led me to my 100th Substack article - it feels like an achievement to me :-)
burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
This workshop is coming up next week if anyone would like to join me there xxx
✨WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK✨
☀️ 'Finding and expressing joy, contentment & happiness in our work through divinations of the everyday' with Jane Burn
Tues 14 Oct, 11am
Sign up here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
@ninearchespress.bsky.social @janeburn.bsky.social
☀️ 'Finding and expressing joy, contentment & happiness in our work through divinations of the everyday' with Jane Burn
Tues 14 Oct, 11am
Sign up here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
@ninearchespress.bsky.social @janeburn.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This workshop is coming up next week if anyone would like to join me there xxx
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The stunning cover @candlestickpress.bsky.social
‘Almanac
Twelve Poems for 2026’
is the wondrous creation of multi-talented artist & poet @Janeburn.bsky.social
& it features poems by Jane and many others brilliant poets. 🤩
Congratulations👏
I’m saving to read in the new year! 💫
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
The stunning cover @candlestickpress.bsky.social
‘Almanac
Twelve Poems for 2026’
is the wondrous creation of multi-talented artist & poet @Janeburn.bsky.social
& it features poems by Jane and many others brilliant poets. 🤩
Congratulations👏
I’m saving to read in the new year! 💫
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
September 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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The stunning cover @candlestickpress.bsky.social
‘Almanac
Twelve Poems for 2026’
is the wondrous creation of multi-talented artist & poet @Janeburn.bsky.social
& it features poems by Jane and many others brilliant poets. 🤩
Congratulations👏
I’m saving to read in the new year! 💫
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
The stunning cover @candlestickpress.bsky.social
‘Almanac
Twelve Poems for 2026’
is the wondrous creation of multi-talented artist & poet @Janeburn.bsky.social
& it features poems by Jane and many others brilliant poets. 🤩
Congratulations👏
I’m saving to read in the new year! 💫
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
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I painted and donated this watercolour of two Palestinian Sunbirds for @sidhepress.bsky.social
and hope that it helps to make a difference to people in need.
and hope that it helps to make a difference to people in need.
September 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I painted and donated this watercolour of two Palestinian Sunbirds for @sidhepress.bsky.social
and hope that it helps to make a difference to people in need.
and hope that it helps to make a difference to people in need.
I was asked by @candlestickpress.bsky.social
if I would like to do the cover for their 'Almanac: Twelve Poems for 2026' I picked up a paintbrush and paper and the flowers kept on coming, coming, coming. Available here: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/alm...
if I would like to do the cover for their 'Almanac: Twelve Poems for 2026' I picked up a paintbrush and paper and the flowers kept on coming, coming, coming. Available here: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/alm...
September 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I was asked by @candlestickpress.bsky.social
if I would like to do the cover for their 'Almanac: Twelve Poems for 2026' I picked up a paintbrush and paper and the flowers kept on coming, coming, coming. Available here: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/alm...
if I would like to do the cover for their 'Almanac: Twelve Poems for 2026' I picked up a paintbrush and paper and the flowers kept on coming, coming, coming. Available here: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/alm...
The University of the Self #90
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The University of the Self #90
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 20
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September 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The University of the Self #90
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Another portion of my diary typed up, with illustrations. Have finished one notebook and moved onto a new one, which is a very interesting one.
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The University of the Self #87
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 17
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September 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Another portion of my diary typed up, with illustrations. Have finished one notebook and moved onto a new one, which is a very interesting one.
burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
Another nature diary update xx
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The University of the Self #86
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 16
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September 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Another nature diary update xx
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I am hosting a writing workshop in October online if anyone would like to join me there :-)
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Buy tickets – Online Workshop: Writing Poems with Jane Burn – Zoom
Finding and expressing joy, contentment & happiness in our work through divinations of the everyday
In this workshop, we ar...
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August 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I am hosting a writing workshop in October online if anyone would like to join me there :-)
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My next diary installment is here if anyone would like to read it - I will link to it here: burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The University of the Self #85
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 15
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August 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
My next diary installment is here if anyone would like to read it - I will link to it here: burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
I spend time with nature & discuss, a little more each time how health is impacting each of my days, how connecting with nature is something I can do. I worry my articles are dull. They are not about epic journeys, or achieving anything huge. burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The University of the Self #83
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 13
burnj.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I spend time with nature & discuss, a little more each time how health is impacting each of my days, how connecting with nature is something I can do. I worry my articles are dull. They are not about epic journeys, or achieving anything huge. burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
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Many thanks to the poets who took part in the #EcoSonnetChain:
#LindaFrance, #EmmaMust, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, #AnnSophieBalzer, @janeburn.bsky.social, #TishaniDoshi, #JemmaBorg, @jsaphra.bsky.social, #JacobPolley, @sophieherx.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, #SteveEly, & #GlynMaxwell.
#LindaFrance, #EmmaMust, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, #AnnSophieBalzer, @janeburn.bsky.social, #TishaniDoshi, #JemmaBorg, @jsaphra.bsky.social, #JacobPolley, @sophieherx.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, #SteveEly, & #GlynMaxwell.
August 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Many thanks to the poets who took part in the #EcoSonnetChain:
#LindaFrance, #EmmaMust, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, #AnnSophieBalzer, @janeburn.bsky.social, #TishaniDoshi, #JemmaBorg, @jsaphra.bsky.social, #JacobPolley, @sophieherx.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, #SteveEly, & #GlynMaxwell.
#LindaFrance, #EmmaMust, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, #AnnSophieBalzer, @janeburn.bsky.social, #TishaniDoshi, #JemmaBorg, @jsaphra.bsky.social, #JacobPolley, @sophieherx.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, #SteveEly, & #GlynMaxwell.
Another nature diary entry here on Substack :-) burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The University of the Self #82
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 12
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August 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Another nature diary entry here on Substack :-) burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
Another PhD rejection. So I keep on turning to my diary and I work on accepting my place, though my soul strain against it, I work to tamp it down. I write, I paint. I find what love and happiness I can. burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The University of the Self #81
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 11
burnj.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Another PhD rejection. So I keep on turning to my diary and I work on accepting my place, though my soul strain against it, I work to tamp it down. I write, I paint. I find what love and happiness I can. burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
I have written some more of my nature diary. Lillies, birds, spiders. Nature is incredible. burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The University of the Self #80
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 10
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August 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I have written some more of my nature diary. Lillies, birds, spiders. Nature is incredible. burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
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& to our shortlist
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@janeburn.bsky.social
@lauraceleste.bsky.social
@corrintachibana.bsky.social
@fiddes.bsky.social
@deanatta.bsky.social
@janeburn.bsky.social
@lauraceleste.bsky.social
@corrintachibana.bsky.social
@fiddes.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thank you so much @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social for shortlisting my poem about my bookmaking for poem of the month. It can be read here. Congratulations too to Kat Dixon, Dean Atta, Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana, Laura Stanley, Mark Fiddes vervepoetry.substack.com/p/july-poems...
JULY Poems of the Month
These poems notice what isn’t said in the animacy of the non-speaking. They map togetherness in salt-licked gestures, the universal language of focaccia, burning trees, and fruit we don’t share.
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July 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thank you so much @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social for shortlisting my poem about my bookmaking for poem of the month. It can be read here. Congratulations too to Kat Dixon, Dean Atta, Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana, Laura Stanley, Mark Fiddes vervepoetry.substack.com/p/july-poems...
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Super excited to announce that Circulaire, my new pamphlet, is now available to pre-order from Written Off Publishing!
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Blurbed by the phenomenal @janeburn.bsky.social, Circulaire is a love letter to my northern roots, my many mothers, and myself 💛 ☕️
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Blurbed by the phenomenal @janeburn.bsky.social, Circulaire is a love letter to my northern roots, my many mothers, and myself 💛 ☕️
July 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Super excited to announce that Circulaire, my new pamphlet, is now available to pre-order from Written Off Publishing!
writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circu...
Blurbed by the phenomenal @janeburn.bsky.social, Circulaire is a love letter to my northern roots, my many mothers, and myself 💛 ☕️
writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circu...
Blurbed by the phenomenal @janeburn.bsky.social, Circulaire is a love letter to my northern roots, my many mothers, and myself 💛 ☕️
Another Substack article. I watch the birds and flowers. In the same place, every day. So I write about this and I write about some recent mental health difficulties. burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The University of the Self #79
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 9
burnj.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Another Substack article. I watch the birds and flowers. In the same place, every day. So I write about this and I write about some recent mental health difficulties. burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
Thank you so very much @seaninhughes.bsky.social for your incredible review of my @ninearchespress.bsky.social book - I am so moved and grateful xxx
Thrilled by @seaninhughes.bsky.social's review of @janeburn.bsky.social, "an extraordinary and accomplished poet" in latest @poetrywales.bsky.social
"Burn is truly a poet whose ‘birthright is words’ and The
Apothecary of Flight is a head spinning collection."
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Thank you
"Burn is truly a poet whose ‘birthright is words’ and The
Apothecary of Flight is a head spinning collection."
poetrywales.co.uk
Thank you
July 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Thank you so very much @seaninhughes.bsky.social for your incredible review of my @ninearchespress.bsky.social book - I am so moved and grateful xxx
Nature is truly saving me right now - I am so very thankful for it and maybe I will never get anywhere, but here, in nature, is where it is good - I must let go my grip on the rest of life that I will never really understand. burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The University of the Self #78
Birdsong, Botany and Betterness Part 8
burnj.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Nature is truly saving me right now - I am so very thankful for it and maybe I will never get anywhere, but here, in nature, is where it is good - I must let go my grip on the rest of life that I will never really understand. burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...