Richard Jackson

Richard Jackson’s poems are about
War
Literature
Getting sick,
And his best one was very funny.
The poem he wrote
For his sick friend
Sounded almost like a love poem
And that made it more interesting.
The poems Jackson read
Made him seem intelligent.
No one wants to hear
A dummy read anything
Much less his own manuscript.
You never know
What you’re going to get
And it is always refreshing
To be surprised
And Jackson's poems
Go in a direction
Shift
Come back
And dart away again.
And that's
No mean feat,
To say the least.
Every one of the selections
He read were worth hearing,
And that’s hard
To pull off as well.
Poetry can be boring.
Jackson is an artist.
Most poets aren’t.
ASU was lucky to have him.
I would have
Bought his book
If I had 10 dollars,
So be it,
Not good
For either of us.
Free food and drink
Is a nice touch.
I should probably
Start paying attention
To the good things
This place has to offer.
Before
It’s too late.