Poetry | Thursday, May 31,2012

diarypoem # 1: a blink

diarypoem # 1: a blink my mother burned years of diariesbefore her first child was born shetold me later that if anything hadhappened to her she didn’t wantaunt ida or aunt lillian prying intoh

Poetry | Thursday, May 24,2012

barnpoem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

I suppose I should write a eulogy but Ished not a single tear when the round barnwent down two weeks ago nor when thetwo standing silos were pulverized a weeklater it was inevitable once our group tos

Poetry | Thursday, May 17,2012

bookpoem#8

By Jacqueline Jackson

if you want a copy ofwinnie the pooh in russianlet me know I also havewinnie ille pu andpierre lapin and maybeone in yiddish if I canfind it and if that iswhere your interest lies

Poetry | Thursday, May 10,2012

clout (clothing) poem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

clout (clothing) poem #1 may is here I’m missing myelderly friend jessie with hercrown of white hair and spritelyways lived on a farm in dorsetshe frequently quoted her mum(“ketchup is an

Poetry | Thursday, May 3,2012

northfifthstreet poem #17

By Jacqueline Jackson

northfifthstreet poem #17I’m glad not to be living in one of thosepadlocked compounds west or southwestof town I’m glad to be in enos park whereI’m allowed to hang out a pillow case

Poetry | Thursday, April 26,2012

scavengerpoem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

demi, you’d like my sandwich this noonthe bread is from someone’s finished mealat st. pat’s fish fry last night raw onion dittothe well-flavored beef slice I slid off johnknoepfle&rs

Poetry | Thursday, April 19,2012

farmpoem #14

By Jacqueline Jackson

farmpoem #14this old ledger probably 1900 maybe earlier it’s from a box of stuff from my folks’ house which was full of stuff from my grandparents’ house I have it all I’m tryi

Poetry | Thursday, April 12,2012

farmer poem #11

By Jacqueline Jackson

have I already reminded you? my dad says whenoak leaves are as bigas a squirrel’s ear it’stime to plant corn

Poetry | Thursday, March 29,2012

timothy poem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

our folks bought us the world booka handsome set of volumes a usefuland absorbing reference once Iset out to read the whole thingbogged down at aardvark or was itaardwolf realizing it was an impossibl

Poetry | Thursday, March 22,2012

global warming poem #3

By Jacqueline Jackson

if it’s 83 inspringfieldon the idesof marchwhat’s itgoing to bein mid-july?