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

  • 1932

    reading the poems of women born the same year as my mother unaccountably      a homespun hat      a handloomed cloth      she’ll leave me      paintings of cats      with flowers      she’ll leave me      a blanket-stitched potholder      a gingham apron unaccountably I fold into tears First published in Writ Poetry Review 4, May 2020 Read more

  • If only a woman

    If only a woman could get a jacket / with an inside pocket Read more

  • The wind

    The worst thing / about being poor / is that so many others // are not. / As the bus window … Read more

  • a beach

    to make something of / the light glinting off the foam / the latest model of // universe feels no causality a phase space of / thoughts like a bladderweed ripe with bubbles / to make something of // … Read more

  • Bashō at Kokubuyama

    I’m just a mountain dweller, sleepy by nature, who has returned his footsteps to the steep slopes and sits here in the empty hills catching lice and smashing them. ——Bashō Bashō, sickening to death, lousy, worn out from walking the country and sleeping in flea-ridden dorms, Bashō, weary of society, weary of dealing with people,… Read more

  • Agency

    The other day I had to call Vodafone and talk to a human He said his name was Royston He spoke clearly and carefully His English was very good Even though I’m a native hearer I understood every word He took in what I said and didn’t interrupt He was helpful courteous friendly but not… Read more