“Whether creating a book or floating on the ocean, one learns to surrender, and to trust. Think of time spent floating, then imagine later laying yourself down to sleep, feeling once again the swaying motion of the waves. This book begins with birthing godde, then we find ourselves contemplating the birth of the universe. What follows is a pattern of rocking back and forth between expressions of embodiment and spirit, inspiration and anguish, anger and peace, despair and hope. Just as there is repetition in waves running to the shore, there are repeating themes in these poems that also illuminate the beauty or the injustices of the world.” 
—  Jan Jorgensen



“Not since Gwendolyn MacEwen have we had such privileged access to a poet with a searching sensibility, here imbued with the searing spirituality of Simone Weil. To read Montreal poet and pastor Jan Jorgensen’s debut collection of poems and prayers in a mature voice is to witness the birth of worlds, of God herself perhaps, but certainly the emergence of a trenchant testimony of what it means to give birth to oneself amid the vicissitudes and blessings of this world. And the reader becomes the midwife of this act of creation and, through Jan’s labour, holds in their hands something precious and new that deserves our attention, care and — dare we say — our love.” 
—Vincenzo Di Nicola, Two Kinds of People: Poems from Mile End (2023)

“Jan Jorgensen delicately weaves tales of love, sorrow, and pain [as she] guides us through the burst of Creation into the confusion that follows.” 
— Gina Roitman, author of the novel, Don’t Ask (2022)

Jan Jorgensen’s poetry can be found in Yale Divinity School’s Reflections, Vallum Magazine, The Kola Magazine, Montréal Serai and various anthologies. Her chapbook, The Infinite Significance of Trees, received an honourable mention in the 2019 Vallum Chapbook Awards.