James Croal Jackson
our laughter
snorts out
sunflowers
but pushing
glasses
up the bridge
of my nose
how you
animate
the room
keeps me
alive
JAMES CROAL JACKSON (he/him) is a Filipino-American poet working in film production. He has two chapbooks, Our Past Leaves (Kelsay Books, 2021) and The Frayed Edge of Memory (Writing Knights Press, 2017). He edits The Mantle Poetry from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (jamescroaljackson.com)