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Jackson
AUSTRALIA
Jackson (also
known as Janet Jackson, Australia, b. 1965)
writes and publishes poems, songs and prose,
performs poetry and music, and edits and
teaches poetry. In 2013 Mulla Mulla Press
published her second full-length poetry
collection 'lemon oil' and Fremantle Press a
micro-collection in 'Performance Poets'. Her
guest performances include the Tasmanian and
Queensland Poetry Festivals. In 2012 Jackson
was a writer-in-residence at the Fellowship
of Australian Writers WA. She is a 2013
Literary Advisor for KSP Writers Centre and
a member of the Society of Editors WA.
Jackson publishes nonfiction at
rawtext.blogspot.com. The National Library
of Australia archives her collected poems
and online home Proximity,
proximitypoetry.com.
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despite and because
I
cannot be
what
you have lost
and you
may not be
what I
never had
but
still I long
just to
hold your hand
just to
walk beside you
on the
less-walked path
because
walking beside you
I am in
my place
because
dancing beside you
I can
truly dance
despite
and because
of your
depth and dark
despite
and because
of your
shameless voice
despite
and because
of your
heartbreak face:
when
you are dreaming
you are
just so beautiful
that I
want to die
since I
may not touch
From my chapbook 'q finger',
PressPress
2011
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Janet
Jackson.
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