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

  • “There was an old man up a tree”

    Limerick: There was an old man up a tree … Read more

  • A fine specimen

    On the beach, washed up, / the shaggy head … Read more

  • The closed blinds

    After the awkward Zoom goodbye, / the empty screen // The echoes of their / voices in headset headspace … Read more

  • The tethered goat

    How’s the grass? / Behhh / Do you like being milked? / Behhh / How often does the farmer move you? / Behhh / Does that collar chafe? … Read more

  • Dirt

    It’s always this. What to have for dinner. The procedure for having a shower in each new bathroom. Where to prepare my food in each new kitchen. The idea of someone’s cat in my bed with claws and hair and dirt. Yet we’re made of dirt and most people live in dirt. The grimy kettle,… Read more

  • the red cloth

    thirsty / souvenir shop open / teahouse closed … Read more