Poetry | Thursday, October 18,2012

fortunecookie poem #1

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

Poetry | Thursday, August 30,2012

vermontpoem2012 #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

it was a fuzzy soft white delicateinch-long caterpillar two stiff black hairssticking up aslant slightly behind itssmall black head-knob two more aslantslightly before its tiny black end and spaceddow

Poetry | Thursday, August 23,2012

catdoorpoem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson

seeing cats at a home of friendstravel back and forth throughtheir cat door I am reminded ofmy grandson now eagle scoutcollege man when he was notyet three he crawled through acat door into a strange

Poetry | Thursday, August 16,2012

familystory poem #14

By Jacqueline Jackson

this family legend is so pat thatit must be apocryphal but mygreat uncle george back around1890 when he graced the pulpitof the first methodist church inbeloit wisconsin is purported tohave been preac

Poetry | Thursday, August 9,2012

nursery rhyme poem #2

By Jacqueline Jackson

there’s a murder mystery wherereal folk and nursery rhyme folkmingle nonchalantly togetherlots of nursery hanky pankyas anyone who recites mothergoose can affirm spankings theftskissing girls un