Jane uses poetry in end-of-life care and enjoys whittling down drafts to a short and potent poem. She lives between New Zealand and Australia, loves the outdoors and winter evenings in front of the fire.

Jane Daoud

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Wanting

The ghost of you slides
over my sleeping body
skimming up my spine

stopping
warm
on that spot
on my neck.

I can hear reality's footsteps outside,
looking for us.