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.

  • The Millennium Simulation

    The Millennium Simulation

    For those who are afraid, this / is what we are. // Made of spots and threads of light, / it looks like a giant brain, tissue / microscoped. Each neuron, gathered / axons, spot of light, plays / a cluster / of galaxies … Read more

  • Many hands

    … The heat exchanger was crammed / with tiny miserable elves / They couldn’t get at the food / they worked all day to cool … Read more

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    the universe / an opera / composed … Read more

  • 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