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  • 2024-09-28

    A tin of chickpeas

    Poems

    19 November 2018 / Yinchuān, China // My mother dies / After the call I / go home / boil beans // I can’t say that here … Read more

  • 2024-09-22

    Poetry video: Jackson performs ‘precious’ at Dan Poets, Melbourne, on AFL Grand Final Day 2012

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    ‘precious’ is a poem about spiritual journeys, so, for Melbournites, it was probably appropriate for the day of the Australian Rules Football finals. Recorded on 29 September 2021 at the Dan O’Connell Hotel, Carlton. Read more

  • 2024-09-14

    Poetry video: ‘q finger’ at Mattie Furphy House 2012

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    Watch a performance of my poem ‘q finger’ filmed during my 2012 writers residency at Mattie Furphy House for the Fellowship of Australian Writers WA. Read more

  • 2024-09-08

    Where to hear Jackson perform poetry in September 2024

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    Where to hear Jackson perform poetry in September 2024

    2 guest features (one including Zoom) plus various poetry open mikes in Perth, Western Australia and in Auckland and Hamilton, New Zealand. Read more

  • 2024-09-07

    Poetry video (with bad hair): ‘Someone’ live at Dan Poets 2012

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    Here’s a blast from the past: me performing my poem Someone at the Dan O’Connell Hotel, Melbourne, on 29 September 2012. Read more

  • 2024-08-31

    Stealing it

    Poems

    I am stealing my father’s house. / He wants me to have it; / nevertheless, I’m stealing it. // I’ve torn up his carpet, / sold his sofa, / brought in … Read more

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