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

Jackson

Writer. Poet. Editor.

Poems

Creative commons poetry (except where otherwise indicated): poems written by Jackson

  • 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

  • [ ]

    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

  • 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