By James Croal Jackson Because I’ll be standing on a stackof tasks, procrastinatingunder the banana moongrabbing the confetti tailof sun in one hand, and in the otherpetting the catof my dreams, the one stillwith wings, purringas it falls to sleep. James Croal Jackson is a Filipino-American poet working in film production. His latest chapbook is A … Continue reading How You Know I’m Goofing Off and Not Around
Coffee Run
By James Croal Jackson The rain is the rain, and everyone is ina mood as I clock in at nine P.M.for my twelve hour shift afterdowning a peanut butter mochafrom Yinz, where Camillehad a large order of tencoffees for the costumedepartment before me.It was the first timeI’d seen her at this job, even though we … Continue reading Coffee Run
Career and Other Poems
By James Croal Jackson Career After I axed past the tree-lined path, I turned the wrench that opened safes of gold with my own hand. And then I hired someone with wrists of a little more tension. I should have never slept in the bed of wealth. I should have known, in the night when … Continue reading Career and Other Poems
Self-Concert and Other Poems
By James Croal Jackson Self-Concert The guitar hides from the sun– a shadow of someone familiar singing. To bare my snake skin wrapped around this temporary home. Green of smile. Holes of jeans. Sweat of beetles. Let me keep a tambourine nearby. I want to make sound in the spotlight. Self-Confidence (2/26/2019) I want to … Continue reading Self-Concert and Other Poems
Four Poems by James Croal Jackson
Sonoran my skin carries the radiation of phone glow the radio. Of something static O Arizona. Azure eyes & sandy cries just an echo. I want to say I am hallowed. That I carried your branches with me too as extra arms but I am night and limb- … Continue reading Four Poems by James Croal Jackson
Academy of the Heart And Mind 