Poetry | Thursday, November 15,2012

tooth fairy letter #3

(more from annals of elspeth)

dear tooth fairy: I have lost three molars and one eyetooth since you have lastpaid me and you don’t haveto pay me anything if you canarrange with my mom so she gives me a clothes allowance next

Poetry | Thursday, November 8,2012

cantankerous poem #11

By Jacqueline Jackson

can’t believe I’d ever admit jane austenhas written a dull book but just finishedmansfield park last read many years agoit’s incredibly poor why is edmund such adope who’d ever

Poetry | Thursday, November 1,2012

it’s a strange world poem # 1

By Jacqueline Jackson

had some interesting talk at writers groupt’other night yosh told how a stranger cameinto the flower shop stood by her and recitedichi, ni, san, shi, the japanese numbers to tenyosh has never le

Poetry | Thursday, October 25,2012

furniture poem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

furniture poem #1 my parlor is commanded by apowder blue chair fairly comfyslightly fuzzy very ah yes verypowder blue donated by a friendwhose husband couldn’t stand itthose who gather in my dom

Poetry | Thursday, October 18,2012

fortunecookie poem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

my chinesefortune cookieinforms me “youhave a charming way with words” then adds a gentle command: “write a letter this week” okey-doke

Poetry | Thursday, October 11,2012

two by elspeth at age ten

By Jacqueline Jackson

I love kissing kittensunder their armsit’s so lovely tosniff a cat who’sbeen rollingin strawberries

Poetry | Thursday, October 4,2012

speedcomp poem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

just heard on NPR tahiti trot by shostakovichhe’d been dared to orchestrate in just one hourthe popular tune tea for two did a grand jazzy jobit reminds me of those contests that crop upevery no

Poetry | Thursday, September 27,2012

musicpoem #21

By Jacqueline Jackson

musicpoem #21thinking about great moments I wasa timid college kid out of my depth attanglewood the famous music campkoussevitzky ambled the paths like awindow shopper I could spot from adistance take

Poetry | Thursday, September 20,2012

Readingpoem #7

By Jacqueline Jackson

Readingpoem #7A British author of uniquebooks for kids and adults,William Mayne, has been afavorite in our family; wemust have a dozen of hisvolumes. My daughter, Demi,as an adult, said to me: “

Poetry | Thursday, September 6,2012

vermontpoem2012 #3

By Jacqueline Jackson

pa, ma, six nearly grown kids reside inthe forest behind my vermont friend’srural home the eight wild turkeys(tom, hen, jakes and jennies) find thepickings in irena’s garden a smorgasbordt