This site contains a few pieces that use ‘swear’ words or relate to sex or other ‘adult themes’.

Jackson

Writer. Poet. Editor.

My writing

My writing that is published on this site, including lots of creative commons poetry.

  • between the bones of my temples

    the silence has no colour no temper / and yet is as warm as my blood / according to Husserl, Descartes’ / cogito includes not just thinking / as red as my reddest meat / on paper fingers riffle / but also feelings desires / I love therefore / in my throat a clicky gulp… Read more

  • Wake

    My last doll is dead. // I made it with a porcelain face / and body / A petticoat, a pinafore / I was trying to play / by the rules, play / pretend … Read more

  • Enlightenment

    Enlightenment

    If I handwashed my clothes every day / I could meditate on the process. / Attain enlightenment while massaging / the fabric or something. I could have two // robes and wash one while wearing the other / or something. Perhaps there are different / enlightenments. Surely the laundry sink / one can’t be the… Read more

  • A coat of ashes

    If I leave I will not order boxes / There will be no packaging tape / no moving men / no truck / I will take none of it … Read more

  • Things (2019)

    … spend the money on a holiday / or stay at home and make nothing / but art for a year // or donate the cash to the Climate Council … Read more

  • I cut my hair short

    I take to the local / People Who Care / the slow cooker / the food processor / two boxes of unsewn fabric / seven boxes of magazines / the handmade drum / and the second / armchair … Read more