Dawn

by Jade Cuttle

the sky opens up, yawns,
spits out the sun, spews light
like skimmed stones, delicate
as elephant’s breath

YPN team: Jade’s short poem is crammed with great images – “spit out the sun”, “light/ like skimmed stones”. We get a sense of a speaker who feels conflicted about dawn – “spits” and “spews” are held in tension with “skimmed stones” and “delicate”.

Jade Cuttle

Jade Cuttle is a winner of the Young Poets Network 'No Man's Land' poetry challenge and the BBC Proms Poetry Competition. She won first prize in the Riddle Me This challenge and is the third-prize winner in the 19-25 age category in the End Hunger UK challenge on Young Poets Network. She was commended in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2010 and 2012. Jade is also a BBC Introducing poetic-folk songwriter, fusing metaphor with melody in her debut album ‘Leaves & Lovers’, alongside being Poet-in-Residence for Ilkley Literature Festival and an Emerging Poetry Critic at Ledbury Poetry Festival. www.jadecuttle.com