James Croal Jackson
Your personality: flame.
The frizz and chaotic
nature of levity. Cockerel-
in-the-mouth of hunger.
Or standing in sunshine,
pantomiming the act of rubbing
your eyes. Reviewing tapes:
you tell me to not stress,
but I wanted it for you.
James Croal Jackson is a Filipino-American poet in film production. His latest chapbooks are A God You Believed In (Pinhole Poetry, 2023) and Count Seeds With Me (Ethel Zine & Micro-Press, 2022). Recent poems are in The Garlic Press, Remington Review, and ONE ART. He edits The Mantle Poetry from Nashville, Tennessee. (jamescroaljackson.com)