Poetry | Thursday, May 13,2010

laundrysong from the

musical, endless pavement

(enter washarolla anddryarolla chanting:wash-a-chug, wash-a-chugfluff’n’dry, fluff’n’dry)washarolla (sings):bring your dirty dudsto the washarollato the soap and sudsof the was

Poetry | Thursday, April 15,2010

the humans’ song

from the musical, The Endless Pavement

By Jacqueline Jackson

no need to hurryno need to worrylife is regu-life is regu-latedfrom the birthmobileto the hearsemobileby the GREATCOMPUTER-MOBILEno need to hurryno need to worrylife is regu-life is regu-latedfrom the

Poetry | Thursday, April 1,2010

farmer retirement poem #1

(from a letter to Jackie from her father Spring 1969)

By Jacqueline Jackson

now that we don’t have milkingwe can travel says your mother andI agree—there are lots of placesin rock county I haven’t seen wehaven’t visited chamberlainspring in newark town

Poetry | Thursday, March 25,2010

Hymn from the musical “The Endless Pavement”

By Jacqueline Jackson

O hail to thee O great tvwho fills our waking hoursearly and late and in between wespend our lives before the screenplenty to do stare at the viewit’s inviting it’s excitingit’s deli

Poetry | Thursday, March 18,2010

northfifthstreetpoem #9

By Jacqueline Jackson

hard-hatted burly friendly menare digging two holes in front ofmy large red brick victorian house seen lately on the front page of thestate j-r, albeit as backdrop. the pitsplunge down into the berm (

Poetry | Thursday, March 11,2010

demopoem # 1

By Jacqueline Jackson

with all the interest in the filmjulie and julia and also localcooking schools let me tell you astory about my springfield friendtom(doc)durr he was attendingthe culinary institute of americawhen juli

Poetry | Thursday, March 4,2010

aroundthecosmos poem #6

By Ethan Whelpley

by Ethan Whelpley, 8infinity meansthat you give upeven thoughyou knowthere’s more

Poetry | Thursday, February 25,2010

Out of darkness come Needles of Light

By Lola Lucas

Needles of Light doesn’t claim to be an easy book to read. “Many of these poems are dark, darker than the reader will be comfortable with; but I believe the path to light must include ackn

Poetry | Thursday, February 25,2010

publiclibrary jumprope rhyme #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

city city count the cost how many book folk have we lost?one—two—three—four—no one reads any morefive—six—seven—eight—let us set the record straightnine

Poetry | Thursday, February 18,2010

Green

By Jacqueline Jackson

“Green,” a lyric adapted from The Endless Pavement musicaldo you believe in green grasses and trees?well I do, well I dodo you believe