Obvious

Obvious

Holes

appear in the wall,

from both bullets and corrosion.

Both light

and water flow through.

If the metal is peeled away

and the containment breached,

will the land flood

or be enlightened?

-Robert L. Jackson III

Written for the Poets United blog's midweek Motif of 'Flood.'

Catching Wind

This post is a little different than usual. After recollecting my high school days, I asked my mother to find this essay which was written for Mrs. Roby's English class about twenty-four years ago. I remember it because it was entered in some state writing competition, but did not win. After an extensive search, it was found (thank you!). This is a scan of the original, with errors and all. 

Placement

Placement

Cracked shells

are never found

on the souvenir shop shelf,

but their cracked edges

are unique

and savored

among ancient ruins

and repaired in veins of gold

among the terrestrial,

while their counterparts,

the matching edges,

are lost in the ocean

and ground to sand.

-Robert L. Jackson III

Entanglement 2

Entanglement 2

Control bars link 

to each other,

and equalize

the marionettes 

and the masters.

The strings

pull in tension

on both ends

but buckle

when pressed

and cannot repel

until frames touch.

Each part of existence

-each particle in fabric

wood, bone, flesh and skin-

reacts

instantaneously

to their tangled lives

through theoretical fibers.

-Robert L. Jackson III