Poems

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

  • driving by the blue sky sea, / sun winking and twitching // on the skin of the abyss, / and me red metal going … Read more

  • The lions dip and weave to the drum / in gold-frilled, red-fringed / purple nylon tracksuits … Read more

  • A green heart

    Let me give you / this green heart / with seven main veins that fan out / from a starburst, supporting / an intricate web … Read more

  • view

    the great tree / beheaded / to construct / a view … Read more

  • unfaithful

    A short comic poem. ‘Starbucks is my American boyfriend / He squires me everywhere’ Read more

  • This skin

    … My mother’s remembered voice / says Well, you will / go around looking / like that— // But it’s this skin I feel happy in. … Read more