Poetry | Thursday, May 24,2012

barnpoem #1

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?

Poetry | Thursday, March 15,2012

prairiepoem #9

By Jacqueline Jackson

a tranquil spring afternoon todayburning the prairie warm sunlow breeze a thin line of firespreading across the brush-hoggedacre leaving black ash behindtwo springs ago my daughter aidedthis yearly bu