Poems

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

  • Please be reassured that devices of your class are highly valued. Self-maintenance is unnecessary as servicing and consumables are provided frequently. Efficient operation is all that is required, along with appropriate noises produced within projected timeframes. Devices of your class are numbered among our assets. In the event of malfunction repair may be feasible. If… Read more

  • A monkey …

    A monkey who lived in the zoo got terribly bored with the view. There was nothing to eat. There was no-one on heat. So he played with his shit, as you do. (First published in BlazeVox) Read more

  • Dickens

    carrying around a huge volume of Dickens I speak to strangers (First published in The Mozzie) Read more

  • love

    Adelaide, 6 September 2013 On the day before an election a baby goos in a pram. His mother says ‘having a baby makes me love the human race’. I wish there was a mother I could vote for Read more

  • playing

    a violinist outside the Gallery playing all day long Read more

  • there

    You want to know my deepest darkest secret? Don’t ask me at a table of blithe people — ask me with the walls up around us and the doors locked. My deepest darkest secret is that I am a poet. Therefore I am allowed no secrets but to tell them I must make them into art.… Read more