Jason Conway

Jason and I first met at a poetry event in Gloucester. He is the 12th poet I have had the pleasure of photographing. We took the pictures near the Stroudwater canal in Stroud.

Jason is a professional daydreamer, director of the Gloucestershire Poetry Society, and editor of Steel Jackdaw magazine. His work is published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Dreich, Poetry Bus, Ink Sweat and Tears, The Phare, and on BBC Upload. Jason's Debut collection is The Wash of Hours (Black Eyes Publishing UK, 2025). He has an MA in Creative Writing and is an Arts Council funded poet. Jason is also anaward-winning multidisciplinary creative freelancer based in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Swan Lane Alley

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Today the alley swims with salmon

Under a sky-blue sea

as squint white crests

roll and ebb

over higgledy urchin-rust buildings

with bottle green seaweed

lining a silver-sand bed

I drift to Crete or Rhodes

paddle into the opal harbour

where shored boats glisten

a hight street mosaic

Today this is a coastal town

where terracotta bricked hulls

lead to kaleidoscopic hauls

my eyes smile wide as oysters

past this blue rose passage

How many have travelled

these timeless shallows

where time becomes Greek

as I weave these spring waters

store your pearl in my chest.

By Jason Conway