Dancing Seas

By Laura Aakjær

This is a collection of saviours
Without whom I would not have survived
It tells tales  
About heartbreak so severe one wasn’t sure one would survive it
And of losing, and therefore feeling lost
Losing, and therefore feeling empowered
It’s about wanting to get better, but not sure if one ever can.
This collection will prove that it is possible
But that it is okay to feel like it isn’t
I know because
When the flood came
The words taught me how to float
When the waves tossed me around
I already knew how to fly
Dancing Seas, by the Danish writer Laura Aakjær, is composed of more than a hundred autobiographical poems divided into the themes of ‘Falling’, ‘Floating’ and ‘Flying’.
Laura’s poems, most of them a few lines long, use their position on the page to enhance the impact of her precisely chosen words. Despite their brevity, they manage to encompass a wide variety of moods: from profound grief to swooning ecstasy; from a delicate wistfulness to a raging defiance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Oct 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781398418660

Laura Aakjær

Laura Aakjær is a Danish writer who studies during the day and writes out her inner self during the night. Ever since she grew up, books have been her everything. It’s an understatement to say that she fell in love with words, the English language in particular. Nevertheless, she has had a passionate and addictive relationship with them ever since. This has now evolved to include painting, feminism and everything colourful. Reading and writing became her saviour in what has been a not always easy life. However, she is now living her best life, writing about her experiences.

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About the Author

Laura Aakjær is a Danish writer who studies during the day and writes out her inner self during the night. Ever since she grew up, books have been her everything. It’s an understatement to say that she fell in love with words, the English language in particular. Nevertheless, she has had a passionate and addictive relationship with them ever since. This has now evolved to include painting, feminism and everything colourful.

Reading and writing became her saviour in what has been a not always easy life. However, she is now living her best life, writing about her experiences.

Laura Aakjær

Dancing Seas

Copyright © Laura Aakjær 2021

The right of Laura Aakjær to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

ISBN 9781528909273 (Paperback)

ISBN 9781398418660 (ePub e-book)

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First Published 2021

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For my mother.

Everything I am is because of you.

You live on in me.

Acknowledgements

My most heartfelt thanks to:

My family for giving me the strength to stand up for myself.

Flora and Malene for being my consistent support, soul mates and so much more.

Laura and Heidi for being the boss ladies in my life, who constantly teach me how nothing is unachievable.

Hanne for being my found family.

Johan, Rikke, Cille, Jolle and Jeppe for sparking joy into even the most boring of days.

Frederikke, CC and Rasmus; even though we went our separate ways, I wouldn’t have been able to write this book without our paths crossing.

To you, for reading this, I’m forever grateful.