This site contains a few pieces that use ‘swear’ words or relate to sex or other ‘adult themes’.

Jackson

Writer. Poet. Editor.

2024-08-24

so much

Poems

A short poem alluding to William Carlos Williams. so much / a boulder / a fern … Read more
2024-08-17

Fallen

Poems

“Sometimes I wonder—” he said, halting, / hunting for the words hiding like bugs / in the slashed fields of his brain, / “whether the plants still grow.” // He’d asked me how long it had been / since his stroke. … Read more
2024-08-17

2024 publications

Bibliography

List of 2024 publications with links. Reviews, poems. Westerly. Turbine | Kapohau. takahē. Tarot. A fine line. Fast Fibres. Creatrix. Read more
2024-08-17

Jackson at Perth Poetry Club 14 September 2024. In the flesh and on Zoom.

Events

Hear my new poems and old favourites, plus local and international poets in open mike. Everyone’s welcome to listen or share. Read more
2024-08-10

“There was an old man who retired”

Poems

Limerick: There was an old man who retired … Read more
2024-08-02

“There was an old man up a tree”

Poems

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