Janice Whyne is a Jamaican by birthright and a Londoner by birthplace. A words person since childhood, writing prose-filled Christmas cards, songs and poetry, she sees poetry as a conduit for our individual and collective expressions, feelings and lived experiences.
She participated in her first open mic at The Poetry Cafe-London in 2016. It was a ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’ moment and the first milestone on her journey of rediscovering her creative self.
Her debut poetry collection, ‘In Conversation‘ was published in 2022 (audiobook, 2023) and her 2nd poetry book, ‘Say It with a Haiku’, was published in 2024; her poem, ‘Sitting with Amazing’ is part of the Poetry Archive Now Wordview 2021 Winners’ collection.
Others of her poems featured in Coffee People Zine, Issue 10 (2020), ‘Coffee & Contemplation: a taste of empowerment’ (2021), All My Relations, Volume 5, Talbot-Heindl (2023), ‘Her locks unveiled: poems from the Black in White poetry competition’ (2023), and other online and printed mediums.
Her practice includes page and spoken word poetry. Her spoken word pieces are often responses to occurrences that captured–sometimes demanded–her attention. They are also a means of personal protest. Injustices such as the murder of George Floyd, the strip search of Child Q and similar incidents instinctively made her put pen to paper. Other themes in her work include identity, race, challenges, hopes, loss, and grief.
She’s performed at Flovortex, The Mother Wolf Club, Voices in Power: London, Poets Palace and other U.K. poetry events. She’s also participated in Ubud Writers Readers Festival Poetry Slam (Indonesia); winning 1st runner-up in 2019 and 2022.
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