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  • 2024-10-19

    2 short poems from 2019

    Poems

    that black kite / the way she turns her tail … Read more

  • 2024-10-12

    to be out

    Poems

    the question of when to start / to go into the desert / works best if it’s scary / not a box, a cup / the lack of good examples / I must find another teacher / I’ve never dared to wash it / in my other pocket / the question of when to start… Read more

  • 2024-10-05

    COMPRESSION

    Poems

    … In my dream, a capsule / empty with yellow light, / bulkheads full of untouched / instruments // One voice: a little girl’s. / If I don’t breathe, she said … Read more

  • 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

    Audio and video readings

    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

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