Little Cartoon

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)