jsimpsonpoet
jsimpsonpoet
| Forum role | Member since | Last activity | Topics created | Replies created |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Dec 5, 2021 (5 years) |
3 years | 8 | 5 |
- Forum role
- Member
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Dec 5, 2021 (5 years)
- Last activity
- 3 years
- Topics created
- 8
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- 5
Bio
Jay Simpson was born in Sydney and now lives in Perth Western Australia. She worked as an English, Drama and Music Teacher for many years in High Schools, TAFE and the University of Newcastle. She devotes most of her time these days to writing poetry and online publishing. She moved to Perth, Western Australia in 2011 following a personal tragedy.
Jay is the editor/publisher of her online Literary Magazine ‘semiosis‘ and co-editor/publisher of ‘libretext’ Chapbooks.
She is a poet whose goal is to grow and change through experimental writing, reading, collaboration and an exchange of ideas. In her work she explores language, sound, color and form through obscurity and sometimes absurdity. Her collaborator, American poet, Randy Barnes works with her, and she with him, to explore the possibilities of their art and their poetic collaborations.
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In her poetry, Jay explores social and world affairs, humanity, sex, death, love, escape and memory. She has an interest in, and fascination with Asemic Writing. Jay is not an ekphrastic poet but she loves to pair her poetry with art and may spend hours finding the art piece that works best with each poem.
She is the Creative Director and Author at her blog ‘livingdangerously’.
Jay is recently published in The Nat’l & Int’l Goddess Anthology 2026, semiosis lit mag issue #1, issue #2 2026, libretext chapbooks 2025/2026 including ‘Cries from Peripheral Thoughts’, Impetuous Bones’, Convolution’, ‘The Escape Route’, ‘Modal Change’ and in Broad Daylight anthology 2026, a tribute to Renee Nicole Good.
She is also published in New Generation Beats 2025 Anthology, Voices 2025, Cold River Press, KtFA (Keeping the Flame Alive) 2025 Anniversary Edition, The Writer’s Club, The Dope Fiend Daily, New Generation Beats 2024 Anthology, Kingfisher Poetry Forum, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Cajun Mutt Press and Alien Buddha Press. Jay is the featured writer, both nationally and internationally in a number of online magazines and journals as well as other notable publications.
libretext is an online project from poets Jay Simpson and Randy Barnes, commenced in November 2025. Jay and Randy have been collaborating for several years and libretext is the first major project that they have embarked upon together. libretext is an imprint created by them. libretext publishes texts and chapbooks online as part of Jay’s blog, livingdangerously. The reader is able to download and print works without charge or permission.
semiosis is an online Literary Magazine from Australian Poet Jay Simpson. semiosis lit mag features poets from anywhere and everywhere. It is an online publication and all rights revert to the authors. semiosis publishes free downloadable PDFs that can be shared and printed without charge or permission.
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