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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I’m the featured poet in the following three episodes of Red Lobster, a poetry program that screened on Northern Access Television, Melbourne. Some of the open-mike poets aren’t bad either 🙂 Look out for Jennifer Compton, Maurice McNamara, and David McLauchlan, who is also the cameraman and producer. We were filmed at WestWord on 8 Read more
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blac blocs were my favourite local band. I was upset when they broke up after only two albums. This poem is made entirely from words cut from blac blocs’ lyrics page (no longer online, sadly) and words cut from the lyric sheet of blac blocs’ 2010 CD mandala. With apologies and love to Allan, Dion, Ray, Tonja Read more
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I want to lock my face cams on your chocolate-cake eyes ski your hardline nose with my q finger swipe your plush-ice mouth with my spacebar trackpad thumb examine with my i finger the precious folds and little faint hairs of your pinna trickle my j finger down the long line from the left hinge Read more
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The beautiful strange enormous cricket-thing that came in when your windows were open that got in your hair that you put out into the violent February weather thinking that its proper domain thinking yourself not able to provide for it that came in again that you put out again The beautiful strange enormous cricket-thing with Read more
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There’s a live radio version from 2012 in this interview. His piss in the toilet, his siren sweat in the air: gone, in the light. In the sink, a glass, his lick dried on it somewhere. In the open bin, on the tissues and plastic, two knotted condoms, 3am, 4am. He wouldn’t stay till morning, Read more
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Here’s a video of me performing poetry at Cottonmouth on 16 April 2009. Read more
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