I sit here beer in hand as the charcoal’s pillow of smoke dances in the wind, sometimes hitting me in the eye, but I don’t mind the sting. _ The smoke twirling in the summer breeze and the smokey tears fogging my vision remind me of my teenage years when I angstfully babbled on andContinue reading “Barbacue”
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The Weekly Protest – Leave Poetry to the Experts | James J Jackson on Patreon
“Poetry is generally very dull, very pretentious. Those who say the poet is a very private and very precious person I don’t agree with. Generally, he’s just some dumb fiddling asshole, writing insecure lines that don’t come through, believing he’s immortal [and] waiting for his immortality, which never arrives because the poor fucker just can’tContinue reading “The Weekly Protest – Leave Poetry to the Experts | James J Jackson on Patreon”
When Trump Was President I Thought I Could Become The Next Lenin (poem)
There was time in my life when I thought I could be the next Lenin. A statesmen, a writer, and a leader? What’s not to like? Who was to say I couldn’t be a triple threat like him? But I’m too unprofessional to be a professional revolutionary. And Lenin didn’t have to put up withContinue reading “When Trump Was President I Thought I Could Become The Next Lenin (poem)”
