tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43370360014559285622024-03-05T00:25:32.491-08:00humid tea and dry pines poetryRob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-14634185040926320602019-11-06T11:24:00.001-08:002019-11-06T11:24:08.499-08:00Ages of Entanglement, a novel My novel was recently released and is available from various sources. It is the culmination of two years of writing and revising, so I’m kind of glad that is now out the door and floating the waves of electrons and paper fibers. Farther below is a link and brief description. If you do read it, I’d love to hear your thoughts and would appreciate your review on Amazon or Goodreads.<br />
The book is currently available below as an ebook (or in paperback) for 99 cents to help folks like yourself be able to review it.<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ages-Entanglement-Robert-L-Jackson/dp/0359962696/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=entanglement+ages+jackson&qid=1571496371&sr=8-3" target="_BLANK">https://www.amazon.com/Ages-Entanglement-Robert-L-Jackson/dp/0359962696/</a><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: none;">Although a post-apocalyptic novel, it is built on the idea of finding hope in darkness. It is set in the rural southeastern United States sometime in the future.</span>Decades ago, humanity’s abuse of the strange phenomena known as quantum entanglement brought the demise of civilization.<br />
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Samson gave up searching for his family and now wanders the earth with no purpose, while avoiding entanglement with other souls. But then he meets Selene—an orphaned, but strong and independent girl. She sees in him what he has forgotten. They journey together toward a utopian island only rumored to exist.<br />
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On Goodreads:<br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48495484-ages-of-entanglement?ac=1&from_search=true">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48495484-ages-of-entanglement?ac=1&from_search=true</a><br />
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I am also posting more previews on Instagram:<br />
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<br />Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-12145399467726554522019-11-06T10:45:00.003-08:002019-11-06T10:45:53.762-08:00AuthenticityThis is for the <a href="http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/11/poets-united-midweek-motif-authenticity.html?m=1">Poets United Midweek Motif of Authenticity</a>. I guess this poem is more about what is not authentic.<br />
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The wood grains</div>
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of too many </div>
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homes</div>
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are painted over</div>
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in thick acrylic.</div>
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In the yard</div>
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the browning</div>
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follicles of grass</div>
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are dyed</div>
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with fertilizer.</div>
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While inside,</div>
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the nourishing </div>
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plumbing </div>
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and wires </div>
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are hidden beneath </div>
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smooth drywall.</div>
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The true house</div>
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is sometimes</div>
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only visible</div>
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after the years </div>
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have worn away</div>
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the facade.</div>
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-R. L. Jackson</div>
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<br />Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-67710630520373521022019-10-09T14:06:00.001-07:002019-10-09T14:08:58.650-07:00Everyday Table<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is a poem written for the Midweek Motif on Poets United on “Everyday Living.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/10/poets-united-midweek-motif-everyday.html?m=1">http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/10/poets-united-midweek-motif-everyday.html?m=1</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I associate sitting down to a family dinner with everyday life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A simple dinner</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">cutting my meat</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">with a fork</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">because</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I’m too lazy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">talking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">about the facade</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">of the day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">so I leave</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">the house</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to look at stars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Rob Jackson</span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody";"> </span></div>
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Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-47033180132390280582019-10-07T14:14:00.001-07:002019-10-07T14:14:48.869-07:00EnginesWell I incorrectly posted a poem to the wrong motif. Here is me trying to make up for it.<br />
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When I think of October and Fall, I often think of the harvest and the old tractors used. And I think of family. So here’s a poem:<br />
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Please</div>
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show me</div>
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the rusted engines</div>
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of your family</div>
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and soul.</div>
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Show me</div>
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the struggle</div>
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to turn</div>
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rumbling</div>
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on rust</div>
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and old fuel</div>
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because I know</div>
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there is hope</div>
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in those metal parts</div>
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cast</div>
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ages ago.</div>
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-Rob Jackson</div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-30511519567964075382019-10-06T08:52:00.000-07:002019-10-06T08:52:02.647-07:00MultiversesThis poem continues from the last poem inspired by the Poets United Midweek Motif of Truth:<br />
<a href="http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/10/poets-united-midweek-motif-truth-in.html?m=1">http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/10/poets-united-midweek-motif-truth-in.html?m=1</a><br />
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But today I’m sharing this one on the Poets United poetry pantry.<br />
<a href="http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/10/pantry-of-poetry-and-prose-october-is.html?m=1">http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/10/pantry-of-poetry-and-prose-october-is.html?m=1</a><br />
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Find solace</div>
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in knowing</div>
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there is a multiverse</div>
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somewhere</div>
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where everything</div>
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that should be true</div>
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is,</div>
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but there also exists</div>
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a realm</div>
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where everything true here</div>
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is false.</div>
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-R. L. Jackson </div>
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Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-40864883456295942732019-10-02T05:49:00.001-07:002019-10-02T05:49:56.652-07:00Truth<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">
Truth</div>
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We live </div>
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in the age</div>
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of quantum truth,</div>
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when the facts</div>
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vary</div>
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depending </div>
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on who’s watching.</div>
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-R. L. Jackson, 2019</div>
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Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-44027861160330766672019-09-29T04:48:00.000-07:002019-09-29T04:48:10.230-07:00CodeI've been writing following a structure of three connected at a time, or maybe they ar just one? Here's a recent trio. Have a great day.<br />
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Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-3063549960605850142019-09-24T16:07:00.001-07:002019-09-24T16:14:29.885-07:00HoneyHaven't participated in a while, but here a little one for the Poets United Midweek Motif. I have to admit, I've mostly been posting on instagram under @triboetry. It's good to be back here though.<br />
Here's a short little one for Honey/bee:<br />
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I wonder<br />
what the honey<br />
will taste like<br />
when it's made of<br />
concrete dust<br />
and metal rust.<br />
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near final form. I plan to review it all once more before releasing it
at the beginning of November. What do you think about the cover?<br />
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Here is a recent poem, and an example of what I’ve been posting.<br />
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Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-18623754425526045022018-03-25T05:36:00.001-07:002019-09-08T16:49:57.293-07:00Presence and Absence<div style="color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
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Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-69684389348318062172018-03-04T04:46:00.001-08:002019-09-08T16:50:17.435-07:00Deep Time<div style="color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
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Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-11222332982996194972018-02-11T05:46:00.001-08:002018-02-11T06:13:34.249-08:00Purple<div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div>Purple</div><div><br></div><div>On faux seas</div><div>float</div><div>with no hope to sink</div><div>and no need for wind.</div><div>The hull carries the loot</div><div>of 1000 mardi gras beads.</div><div>Potholes on the road</div><div>crash as waves on the bow.</div><div>Planks of paper</div><div>soften in the rain,</div><div>revealing the dark machine</div><div>underneath.</div></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">-Robert L. Jackson III</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpwvRfcbh10FLLwycEA9nIlKyRS2swGTZAjRf9Ah5pRv97rbeVD_JtYlg5DJR9-1FwpSEeST-l-yZ09rePayviat06UJbZBHnFdfCKX0ceoouun2LszrcB5VhHubateSZxsydIYF7Nwoi/s640/blogger-image--252016605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpwvRfcbh10FLLwycEA9nIlKyRS2swGTZAjRf9Ah5pRv97rbeVD_JtYlg5DJR9-1FwpSEeST-l-yZ09rePayviat06UJbZBHnFdfCKX0ceoouun2LszrcB5VhHubateSZxsydIYF7Nwoi/s640/blogger-image--252016605.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-44969063793256692562018-01-30T20:08:00.001-08:002018-01-30T20:08:09.991-08:00Moon Poem<div><br></div><div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Another Moon Poem Defending its Territory</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The moon,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">in glowing silence,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">controls the port,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">submerging</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">the jagged reef </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">at high tide,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">but showing its teeth</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">during the reciprocal age.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">-Robert L. Jackson III</div></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-pMKi9lHbiY2B-YmCeNsEepis0jr-LZHvob7-1XUouCtpUifn4WqJ6kTLib7IHWeiaG9FYx4KZHyJK5q6sa-tgGMkFn7TNMV_H25fTWya3SXnOP7CG5P2LoJ3Qwys_A6NEFBmVCLmboi/s640/blogger-image--1599105738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-pMKi9lHbiY2B-YmCeNsEepis0jr-LZHvob7-1XUouCtpUifn4WqJ6kTLib7IHWeiaG9FYx4KZHyJK5q6sa-tgGMkFn7TNMV_H25fTWya3SXnOP7CG5P2LoJ3Qwys_A6NEFBmVCLmboi/s640/blogger-image--1599105738.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-82554061063376510572018-01-26T09:31:00.001-08:002018-01-26T11:03:47.103-08:00intravenous<span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Drip your blood</span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">to me</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">through the intravenous</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">holes in time and space.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Drip your love</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">to me</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">through quantum fibers</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">and tears in science.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">-Robert L. Jackson III</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBjhb_88NaOTEw4-ez5ohE4GBnzDxOXvJevHUk61gJbbk1GACO_I3DEiGwCVWjVg5Ls9l8d_9SgZKWnznHQiuprt6D_PeSfP6RqvlK_TXxhLbGKO5oQrKsYfqwFd3WyDZjAgQyh4EqIBg/s640/blogger-image--2137449219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBjhb_88NaOTEw4-ez5ohE4GBnzDxOXvJevHUk61gJbbk1GACO_I3DEiGwCVWjVg5Ls9l8d_9SgZKWnznHQiuprt6D_PeSfP6RqvlK_TXxhLbGKO5oQrKsYfqwFd3WyDZjAgQyh4EqIBg/s640/blogger-image--2137449219.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Picture used from:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BeYY5srjW6c/">https://www.instagram.com/p/BeYY5srjW6c/</a></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-40473477046195029542018-01-21T06:54:00.001-08:002018-01-21T06:54:02.694-08:00Hum<div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Hum</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The modern machines</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">are too quiet,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">humming in harmony,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">but muted,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">and we live unaware</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">of their conversions.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The engines of nature</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">have no buffers</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">over the rustling of leaves</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">the chirping of birds,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">the scratching of wood,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">or the calls in the night,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">except for the stealth</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">of the predators.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">-Robert L. Jackson III</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEnldqPiBG-c-Pa7JB-N2LFWsqWb_Yw4ohqmPu2emXD1RNBF6NHwDLIBhLp9n8cI5U0wJ4zvBPklalGfUVJ0CjQI698E7Wpi9lqIyFa-g13bQh53OrxCXx0SdzjnBp1NZu_eox1Sr3lUq/s640/blogger-image-462639154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEnldqPiBG-c-Pa7JB-N2LFWsqWb_Yw4ohqmPu2emXD1RNBF6NHwDLIBhLp9n8cI5U0wJ4zvBPklalGfUVJ0CjQI698E7Wpi9lqIyFa-g13bQh53OrxCXx0SdzjnBp1NZu_eox1Sr3lUq/s640/blogger-image-462639154.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-25252254788628999542018-01-17T08:09:00.001-08:002018-01-17T08:10:33.110-08:00Sticks<blockquote type="cite" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sticks</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The boundary is flat</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the river.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Roots erode;</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and trees cross the realm,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">extending</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">the bare knuckles</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of their bony fingers</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">to the travelers</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">above.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The swirling knots</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of the waterlogged wood</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">stare across</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and speak </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">to the ringed cores</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of the survivors.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The fibrous matter</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">separates</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">from the soul</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif; font-size: 12pt;">in the dark depths.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">We wallow in the mud,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">with unburied bones,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">exposed,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">and leaving no need</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">for chiseled tombstones.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">-Robert L. Jackson III</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Posted for Poets United midweek motif of Soul/Psyche.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 19.549999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnZ8bAy9UMxZ8ddUImsYgSn6AL4UDbyBezB49S8DZk_TUG6oXv5_mNfFzLeLcXOPOw7myJgx8GaVj-1PAzaMS2b-o08BABVKrnplZOcpqgIwnVw_mMg46xvI2IZT6M8JnaMWrJGiTZak6/s640/blogger-image-2057876251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnZ8bAy9UMxZ8ddUImsYgSn6AL4UDbyBezB49S8DZk_TUG6oXv5_mNfFzLeLcXOPOw7myJgx8GaVj-1PAzaMS2b-o08BABVKrnplZOcpqgIwnVw_mMg46xvI2IZT6M8JnaMWrJGiTZak6/s640/blogger-image-2057876251.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p></blockquote>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-10668140132056467072017-12-19T13:59:00.001-08:002017-12-19T14:01:01.566-08:00Flames<div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Flames</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">With shelter</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">a blaze,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">we close the door</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">to control its spread,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">but as your halls,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">timbers and trusses,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">emit slivers</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">of flame,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">do not lock</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">the latch,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">leaving me</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">to only smell the smoke.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">-Robert L. Jackson III</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXwPjHA8mKZnIgSsIV6GSxVfKB4Xc6rgcXd_zHUizqgPaucN5DbvlzaHM9DxrIHdy2LV4CwxjDcbC2n7TF1ixRFQWxxtNmHjKlzNwG36rzrWwZy6073RasnyBzMw31hmbSXm1iezG-OXX/s640/blogger-image--2023055014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXwPjHA8mKZnIgSsIV6GSxVfKB4Xc6rgcXd_zHUizqgPaucN5DbvlzaHM9DxrIHdy2LV4CwxjDcbC2n7TF1ixRFQWxxtNmHjKlzNwG36rzrWwZy6073RasnyBzMw31hmbSXm1iezG-OXX/s640/blogger-image--2023055014.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-38277870275166857152017-12-12T19:40:00.001-08:002017-12-12T19:42:17.873-08:00No title<div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Celebrate</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">stagnation</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">or even a slight decay?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The water </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">does not stay</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">confined </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">in the reflective lake</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">forever,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">it is evaporating,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">freezing,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">expanding against boundaries,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">and flowing</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">into deep grooves.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The landscape </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Is not flat, </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">but ripples </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">under motion, </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">and feeds flames </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">with wood and oil.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Celebrate </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">the sun</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">warming our souls</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">from afar</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">and incinerating </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">broken orbits </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">and resurrecting bodies</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">as an incendiary. </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">-Robert L. Jackson III</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjFOnmChjV5682vXMSzWCk4dCnU8i16Nraulh0fVQm_fx9Ra-03GJfQQDMStZ5xEx92CSVq6nrCZTvdmR97szPyk0_6mpcUcXs5lmpcLqgmIV5N2qIuEUons1hYJ5Jrpe3sgwdx5U2Nki/s640/blogger-image--1751597775.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjFOnmChjV5682vXMSzWCk4dCnU8i16Nraulh0fVQm_fx9Ra-03GJfQQDMStZ5xEx92CSVq6nrCZTvdmR97szPyk0_6mpcUcXs5lmpcLqgmIV5N2qIuEUons1hYJ5Jrpe3sgwdx5U2Nki/s640/blogger-image--1751597775.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-29562990571057378572017-11-23T11:21:00.001-08:002017-11-24T11:34:29.934-08:00Meteorite<div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Meteorite </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">1.</div><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Falling stars do not fall,</span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">they consume,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">in blinding temperatures,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">bending reality</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">to guide the heavy rocks</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">together.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">2.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Leaves,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">lost minerals</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">on cosmic wind</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">gather to form</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">the soil of a planet.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">-Robert L. Jackson III</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7Jgw7V5F7gZUsws8DOrc9G1nTLjQjmpB3u-PaJ-5U6YBQ3vWsMxQjfC-XXZaphFXs5ufWqGnhkanXIurLUI3sjzrKSooHAQbkLav2XBPuWIIZqzeF18pTexJcSiakv1LR18wD0DHa4EX/s640/blogger-image-1980419735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7Jgw7V5F7gZUsws8DOrc9G1nTLjQjmpB3u-PaJ-5U6YBQ3vWsMxQjfC-XXZaphFXs5ufWqGnhkanXIurLUI3sjzrKSooHAQbkLav2XBPuWIIZqzeF18pTexJcSiakv1LR18wD0DHa4EX/s640/blogger-image-1980419735.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-71314968619824980652017-10-17T14:10:00.001-07:002017-10-17T14:13:03.126-07:00Always<div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Always</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The new moon</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">still pulls</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">without a face</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">or a body,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">walking</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">across the dark.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">So we wait</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">for celestial progress</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">and the light</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">to narrow our pupils,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">remembering,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">how to walk </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">in the dark.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">-Robert L. Jackson III</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xM3U0uU_KvU_mOUjC0Lc5pdDVjCsBvrEcgxDhYYGYv0xcwjczg8kHKFJ5pzxkMZ5v4cHv6hs3QSN2Fj1sVyeYyH2eI86wUto-suxL3XMH_Hv88eCEQKRrPhO0ZdCag0rBPi72ZpwieaA/s640/blogger-image-1502822466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xM3U0uU_KvU_mOUjC0Lc5pdDVjCsBvrEcgxDhYYGYv0xcwjczg8kHKFJ5pzxkMZ5v4cHv6hs3QSN2Fj1sVyeYyH2eI86wUto-suxL3XMH_Hv88eCEQKRrPhO0ZdCag0rBPi72ZpwieaA/s640/blogger-image-1502822466.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-16205068443730474952017-09-30T09:18:00.001-07:002017-09-30T09:18:26.033-07:00Symmetry<div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Symmetry</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The fruit,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">bruised on one side,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">was then dropped</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">on the other.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I cut the original </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">damage away,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">and it was flat</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">on one side,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">but just before </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">it perished</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">you removed the other.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">This continues</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">until</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">it is consumed,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">but the seeds remain.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">-Robert L. Jackson III</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9TBhZ7YWkLdmv0R7TQJBbshJk9pZ2nRk9XDbC2bqpErZrGDiaZ0m6vG1LpJAjlLsN9cIGZ_B9QeZjJ9QDQ1dRSWBixN6_uipmpqY7LxNGlhoSSTNs6m7b_OQyWgf_WimfJBAHagZdbzQ/s640/blogger-image--1112850583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9TBhZ7YWkLdmv0R7TQJBbshJk9pZ2nRk9XDbC2bqpErZrGDiaZ0m6vG1LpJAjlLsN9cIGZ_B9QeZjJ9QDQ1dRSWBixN6_uipmpqY7LxNGlhoSSTNs6m7b_OQyWgf_WimfJBAHagZdbzQ/s640/blogger-image--1112850583.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-64825514275386553622017-09-13T08:22:00.001-07:002017-09-13T08:26:22.280-07:00A Coast's Return<div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">A Coast's Return</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The vacuum</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">of the storm</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">drew all blood</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">to reveal </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">the teeming floor.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">In the cyclic path,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">the ocean</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">refills the basin</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">completely,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">following the edges</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">of each island,</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">and contour.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">-Robert L. Jackson III</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Written for the Poet's United Midweek Motif of 'Reunion'</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><a href="https://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2017/09/poets-united-midweek-motif-reunions.html?m=1">https://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2017/09/poets-united-midweek-motif-reunions.html?m=1</a></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Tc_3sNxwvKEuTw-FoXcViBganeGKzTU7A6dkDwe8TAf2vPx6JnV-W3wFJdStfESiH3H2CccYsdKlE_PMxJws8sP_7XaLetNyBnmcfxvGFedNI36L8r9yYanFZyzvpBIPn3n-kATcpiav/s640/blogger-image-1755996645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Tc_3sNxwvKEuTw-FoXcViBganeGKzTU7A6dkDwe8TAf2vPx6JnV-W3wFJdStfESiH3H2CccYsdKlE_PMxJws8sP_7XaLetNyBnmcfxvGFedNI36L8r9yYanFZyzvpBIPn3n-kATcpiav/s640/blogger-image-1755996645.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337036001455928562.post-50531782461016734812017-09-10T06:59:00.001-07:002017-09-10T07:01:07.813-07:00Hurricane Irma<span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">I don't have a new poem today, but would like to ask that you keep in mind the people of west Florida and Tampa Bay. As you may have seen from the Life of a Poet earlier this week, Clearwater is my hometown where I grew up. There are pictures in that blog;</span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><a href="https://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2017/09/life-of-poet-rob-jackson-iii.html?showComment=1504748715275&m=1#c5578810126167903854">https://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2017/09/life-of-poet-rob-jackson-iii.html?showComment=1504748715275&m=1#c5578810126167903854</a></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Hurricane Irma looks to be headed directly for this area. </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh_yMeZjZbmpxT2hbRf67kjYNKH0o_Q-Dhl0uZw9P8sIczgiI3w5j7agQzk9w8Xo53sjs9frZH4nGR9fxrFbkhxZZjD2oyMFIyQmGPCxYzKlEhrMZMI9jVB1RWjXiei0KWLsbqnHdpZg3/s640/blogger-image--463045029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh_yMeZjZbmpxT2hbRf67kjYNKH0o_Q-Dhl0uZw9P8sIczgiI3w5j7agQzk9w8Xo53sjs9frZH4nGR9fxrFbkhxZZjD2oyMFIyQmGPCxYzKlEhrMZMI9jVB1RWjXiei0KWLsbqnHdpZg3/s640/blogger-image--463045029.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6y4n4QCqpRveDo0NNgiA8R1wQiwk8chdh-35v5DuNJfIMnb4kljizy6dZ3x7JghBN4NPkn_iBKSqH0wTWT_ogmh6lNRfeLPfj2dacXEIuipVx8g0rNl8LZjvzAmoXDV6t8sOMoWtF_Uu/s640/blogger-image--1491730406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6y4n4QCqpRveDo0NNgiA8R1wQiwk8chdh-35v5DuNJfIMnb4kljizy6dZ3x7JghBN4NPkn_iBKSqH0wTWT_ogmh6lNRfeLPfj2dacXEIuipVx8g0rNl8LZjvzAmoXDV6t8sOMoWtF_Uu/s640/blogger-image--1491730406.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">It may look much different after this.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnM-MQdQ0MidoFtbX6xPTdCKUVKa8oWpJmjsbt6MEQZMWFVKAbN4ThlQX_WxbPUGy0cvJgh9qKd3XlEKHu0JVBCRwH07wBm9WIW6QU8-bs4IvM7T8VMkLH92QBA8FbLqEJtfWZV_K2lEp/s640/blogger-image-2067013060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnM-MQdQ0MidoFtbX6xPTdCKUVKa8oWpJmjsbt6MEQZMWFVKAbN4ThlQX_WxbPUGy0cvJgh9qKd3XlEKHu0JVBCRwH07wBm9WIW6QU8-bs4IvM7T8VMkLH92QBA8FbLqEJtfWZV_K2lEp/s640/blogger-image-2067013060.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Rob Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982759910079119392noreply@blogger.com10