This site contains a few pieces that use ‘swear’ words or relate to sex or other ‘adult themes’.
Audio and video readings
Performances and readings of Jackson’s poetry and writing
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The Ōtepoti Dunedin launch of the New Zealand Poetry Society’s 2025 anthology “There Are Rabbits Here” went off! This video is me reading the runner-up poem, “Geese” by Shirley Eng. (The anthology is a selection of poems from the Society’s annual international poetry and haiku competitions.) Buy the book at poetrysociety.org.nz. Read more
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… I needed a toothbrush / that’s why I was in there / But some of that chocolate’s really nice / and I thought of you: / your tongue / savouring / the sweet melt … Read more
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A poem about what men sometimes get wrong about women (and themselves!), and what women know about men. Read more
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Climate poem or love poem? Depends what’s on your mind. Read more
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Listen to me reading 5 poems from “A coat of ashes”. The Millennium Simulation. A coat of ashes. Turning off time. Open an eye at the surface. On looking at the Pointers. Read more
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Watch 3 poems performed live, including ‘reflective’ with guitar. Part of Jackson’s headline at ‘Poems for the Revolution of Love’, Perth 2012. Read more
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