What’s possible between us

1 February 2012
As another Spring begins, the bird’s

brain cells bloom.  New songs.


Fingerprints return after the hand is burnt.

Who knows what we’re capable of?


I part the vertical ocean of clothes

and find you there.  Spider, 


it is almost terrifying to me – suspended

only by the work of your own body.


Too often, I surface with handfuls of air,

thinking the connecting threads were within.
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Andy Jackson

About Andy Jackson


Andy Jackson’s collection, Among the Regulars (papertiger media, 2010) was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize. His poems have appeared in Heat, Going Down Swinging, Island, The Age and Mascara. In 2011, he was an Asialink resident at Chennai, India, where he began a series of poems exploring the medical tourism industry.

He blogs at amongtheregulars.wordpress.com



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3 Responses to What’s possible between us

  1. Sharanya says:
    February 1, 2012 at 4:13 am

    “Spider,

    it is almost terrifying to me – suspended
    only by the work of your own body.”

    Beautiful imagery.

    Reply
  2. Stuart Barnes says:
    February 1, 2012 at 7:40 am

    ditto!

    (with echoes of emma jones’ ‘waking’)

    Reply
  3. Matthew John Davies says:
    February 17, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    I received a mighty wallop from this, Andy.

    Multiple readings inevitable.

    Reply
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