Poetry | Wednesday, November 23,2011

phonepoem #1

phonepoem #1the phone just rang it was newt gingrich without preamble the voice said “this is newt gingrich – as someone who loves america” – at which I hung up I can think of

Poetry | Thursday, November 17,2011

chickenfeedpoem #3

By Jacqueline Jackson

chickenfeedpoem #3and then there’s the rooster in thebackyard hedge between us and the neighbors he ate from the dogdishes at their backdoor and oursgrew into a bold and brassy chapwho dashed ou

Poetry | Thursday, November 10,2011

vachel lindsay poem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

today we crossed the lindsay bridgetoday we crossed the lindsay bridgetoday we crossed the lindsay bridgewe were among the firstthe streetlamps are so sleek and blackthe streetlamps are so sleek and b

Poetry | Thursday, November 3,2011

chickenfeed poem #2

By Jacqueline Jackson

that story I told a few weeks ago aboutchickens eating meat well I’ve beenswamped with chicken stories they are good press my friend jack knows a farmer east of town whose chicken coop is anold

Poetry | Thursday, October 27,2011

bicycle poem #3

By Jacqueline Jackson

a guy was interviewed on NPR who’dbuilt a full-size wooden bicycle one thatreally works he said the chain was thehardest part why’d he do it? a friend bet hecouldn’t now I’d li

Poetry | Thursday, October 20,2011

chickenfeed poem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

chickenfeed poem #1friends a chicken is an omnivore needsprotein that’s why so many kids’ books of earlier centuries are heavy on boys hunting and trapping – pitch that deadbunny in

Poetry | Thursday, October 13,2011

The New One

By Jacqueline Jackson

This week’s poem is byguest poet Lola Lucaswho has written about myThe Round Barn, Volume I,soon to be published.Thank you, Lola! JJThe New Onefor Jackie JacksonSeptember 2011Jackie brings her n

Poetry | Thursday, October 6,2011

canalpoem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

canalpoem #1 if you need a stressfree interlude trya french canal trip our little craft with just our family is self sufficient we glide along the quiet waters four miles an hour green ban

Poetry | Thursday, September 29,2011

foodpoem #5

By Jacqueline Jackson

foodpoem #5 the peanut butter jar is emptyhow can anyone living alonesurvive without peanut butterpeanut butter and milk the writersof the pentateuch (plural becausemoses must have had help with thesp

Poetry | Thursday, September 22,2011

Monkeypoem #2

By Jacqueline Jackson

we took the grandkids to themovies sunday saw rise of theplanet of the apes it was as goodas the reviews predicted whatrefreshing car wrecks what astage the golden gate madefor those magnificent beast