'lemon oil', second full-length poetry book by Jackson

lemon oil, my second full-length poetry collection.

lemon oil

In this dream
I heal the cuts
his bareness
has left
all over me

with tart, sparse,
sweet, spreading
lemon oil,
the same soft stings

with which I nurture
your smooth
unlacquered
fret-slit
rosewood
fingerboard

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The pressing, convincing voice of these poems drives you to read fast and then catch your breath, to search for answers and encounter love. Jackson’s second collection is fiery, bold and brave — it unravels everyday stories and raw encounters in a poetic and potent play of language and lemon oil. I don’t know of any other Australian poet who is writing with the combined verve and craft of Jackson. — Claire Potter

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lemon oil is also available from public libraries and at the National Poetry Library in London.

Published in 2013 by Mulla Mulla Press. 120 pages. ISBN 9780987517005. Cover design by Coral Carter.

Events

Creative Writing, Far North REAP, Kaitaia, 16 March 2022

Creative writing at Far North REAP in Kaitaia, 16 March. Come and write with me! Express yourself freely in a safe, supportive group.

Poetry Zoom! Poets from across the UK and Australia share their courageous connections with land and people through poetry. Sunday 10 October 2021 on Zoom 10:30am UK Time (UTC+1; Perth 5.30pm; Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart 8.30pm; New Zealand 10:30pm) Book on EventBrite Find out more on Facebook The featured reader, Sarah Holland-Batt, is one of Australia’s most respected contemporary poets. Supporting readers: Jackson, Coral Carter, Sundra Lawrence, Dorothea Smartt, J V Birch, Yvonne Patterson, Patricia Foster McKenley, Anjan Saha, Helena Steel, Cath Drake, Rita Tognini, Tineke Van Der Eecken, Mala Anthony-Ranu, Kathy Armstrong. Book on EventBrite Find out more on Facebook

Poets Corner (Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia) have kindly invited me to share some poems in October alongside their poet laureate Sean M Whelan. Plus open mike. Free online event. Sunday 25 October 2020. Zoom in from 4-6pm UTC+08 (Perth time) or 7-9pm Melbourne time. I’m on from 4:30 to 4:45 in Perth, or 7:30 to 7:45 in Melbourne. To get the Zoom link, email Jai at picklepoetry at outlook dot com More info on Facebook here

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