This site contains a few pieces that use ‘swear’ words or relate to sex or other ‘adult themes’.
Poems
Creative commons poetry (except where otherwise indicated): poems written by Jackson
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In the women’s clinic the mammogram machine is shaped like an embryo in profile Large awkward squarish head Straight spine Tucked-under pelvis A leg bud (tray) An arm bud (compressor plate) Mouthparts where the beam comes out Embossed in the plastic a plus-sign where a proto-eye might be First published in Creatrix 49, June 2020 Read more
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Look in, in to the Planck time, / the dream moment of birth, / where our physics fails / as quantum and gravity clash / and the cosmos is crushed to a jot / immanent, imminent / a tiny infinite Not Read more
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… At the mention of solitude / the shadow mouth / turns up its corners / and the shadow eyes /glint … whispering loneliness / breathing solitude … Read more
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A vegetable attached to a rock / Calling for Mother in the night … That Gödel! His theorem! / The calling voice / The fear of the brain dissolving … To love them anyway / To not care that they’re broken / To stop … Read more
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Walking / shall we render dào as walk? // Working / shall we render dào as work? // An ibis proceeding / at an angle to the wind … Read more
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The Physicist does not tell me not to study. The Sage does not furnish his text with citations. The Sage does not postulate gravity and light. The Physicist is silent on yin, yang and qi. The Physicist does not claim that Name is the Mother. The Sage does not construct a non-commutative algebra. The Sage… Read more
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