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Getting The Word Out
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Hello, this Spoon Jackson talking to you from Solano State Prison, and I wanted to let people know that “The Book of Judith,” who was my mentor, will be out—well, you can preorder right now—… Full Transcript
Haiku and Lockdowns
Spoon Jackson
Real. Realness eats raw meat, does not waver nor trips on the currents. He has the staying power of the sun. Realness walks only in his own shoes. Today. Today I died. I died yesterday… Full Transcript
Fellowship
Spoon Jackson
Spoon Jackson, calling from Solano, and got a piece that I want to read about a fellow LWOP who is dying of cancer and trying to be commuted. Been down over 30 years but the… Full Transcript
Shakespeare in Prison
Spoon Jackson
Okay, this is Spoon Jackson of Rabbits of Realness, and I wanted to let people know that thelittle zine that me and another artist, SaraMarie Bottaro, have put out a little booklet called TheRabbits of… Full Transcript
The Rabbits Of Realness Zine
Spoon Jackson
Okay, this is spoon Jackson, trying to promote the Rabbits of Realness Zine publication. And I’m hoping you will check it out. Our first one is about how to write letters and it’s geared towards… Full Transcript
A Message to KALW, Solano
Spoon Jackson: Poet Laureate Nominee
Spoon Jackson
Spoon Jackson from Rabbits or Realness publication that will be online pretty soon. And I want to give everybody a heads up: it’s going to be ran by a person named Sarah Marie Bartorial and… Full Transcript
More Rain & Other Poems
Computer Lady
In A Heavy Way
Spoon Jackson
In a heavy wayI do not understand this drought in lettersLike a stream in Death ValleyI have been writing a lot of poetryPerhaps they are letters to myselfFor loneliness has touched me in a heavy… Full Transcript
How Did I Sin?
Spoon Jackson
How did I sin? How did I sin? I was not born into sin. I was born out of love. How did I sin? I am not Adam. Not an apple he bit. I’ve never… Full Transcript
Longer Ago & Change
Spoon Jackson
Longer Ago by Spoon Jackson on Amazon Full Transcript
Navigating Freedom
Look Away
Spoon Jackson
Look away. It took a life sentence to show me how to love today, it took a life sentence to show me how to look away. Close your eyes if you don’t like the color… Full Transcript
Turning Point
Spoon Jackson
“Turning Point,” new poem for Meghan and Suzanna. I released the past, because forgiveness springs forward and hate falls back. I’ll never forget what I’d done, but I cannot go back and peel back the… Full Transcript
Karma Death
Spoon Jackson
Okay, “Karma Death.” What does it all mean, this life in my karma death? The [inaudible] last night, must have been like a bomb, so loud it was silent. Everyone ran but me. I heard… Full Transcript
I Knew You
Spoon Jackson
Because I knew you. Before you were one word like Ali, Elvis, or Madonna, I knew you way back when the land was still icey and the wind was still heavy with dragons and other… Full Transcript
The Look
Spoon Jackson
It’s called “The Look” for the people who, uh, believe in one race, one world, one color, which is human. I tried not to speak on the murder by the Minnesota officers. The look on… Full Transcript
The Banquet
Spoon Jackson
All right. This is Spoon Jackson, formerly of Uncuffed, laid off for no reason at all, looking for a job in radio! Anyways, uh, I would like to dedicate this poem to my Asian sisters… Full Transcript
