Poetry | Thursday, March 7,2013

politico poem #11

the institution where once I soproudly taught has introduced a minorcalled liberty studies partly funded bythe koch brothers urbana turned it downbut not us are we so desperate for dough?in the articl

Poetry | Thursday, February 28,2013

downtonabbeypoem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

well it was a crummy tricknot up to masterpiece standardsI understand the brits got hitwith both childbirth deaths onsuccessive christmas days wewere clobbered in februarymatthew it seems and maybesyb

Poetry | Thursday, February 21,2013

inconsequential poem #15

By Jacqueline Jackson

demi said hang on tothat thought whileI empty the hot waterbottle but I don’t knowwhether wonderingwhen and wherebaloney originatedis a thought worthhanging onto

Poetry | Thursday, February 14,2013

zen moment poem #1

by guest poet Delinda Chapman

By Jacqueline Jackson

the next day, in thestillness of the moment,noting the candle’srhythmic flicker I knewthe walls were singing,reverberating from the joyoussounds of forty choir-camp voicesas they raised the roof

Poetry | Thursday, February 7,2013

strange sight poem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

our river flooded and frozewhen the water receded thekids and I winter-hiked inthe sangamon bottomlandeach tree, thick and ancientto sapling slim, was circledabout waist high with a whiteice tutu a va

Poetry | Thursday, January 31,2013

globalwarming poem #5

By Jacqueline Jackson

globalwarming poem #5okay folks we can quit worryingthis human-driven climate change- catastrophic weather is going to be over in about 500 years I heard it from a major scientific mouth saw graphs ph

Poetry | Thursday, January 24,2013

found remark poem # 8

from Gillian at 17

By Jacqueline Jackson

“I have to write aCanterbury taletonight. How longdid it take Chaucer?”

Poetry | Thursday, January 17,2013

another crude poem

By Jacqueline Jackson

another crude poem“Water turned off: sorry for the Inconvenience”oh how did they peein the PACwhen the pressure became burningat our local place of learningdid some take a paper cup and tr

Poetry | Thursday, January 10,2013

post-holiday poem

By Jacqueline Jackson

NPR’s this american life had stories about thelengths some parents have gone to make thegood saint real I was too young to recall whenhe brought our pony but there are photos ofmy sisters and me

Poetry | Thursday, January 3,2013

skylark poem # 1

By Jacqueline Jackson

skylark poem # 1 I am thankful to those who made usmemorize as kids useful stuff yes likemultiplication tables but I’m thinkingof poetry miss lala dixon my eighth gradeenglish teacher she of the