Jackson D Smith
jaxpoet.bsky.social
Jackson D Smith
@jaxpoet.bsky.social
Former adjunct, part-time writer and poet, and full-time house husband. Follow for short form poetry and left wing politics. I value kindness above all things.

Married to @cortextual.bsky.social
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🤌🤌 now it better win 'em
January 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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You brought home donuts,
Sprinkles and strawberry filled,
And you made me smile.

#thingstowriteabout donuts
#haiku
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Interesting description of part of Origen's theology (Eternal Motion of Souls): iep.utm.edu/origen-of-al...
Origen of Alexandria | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
iep.utm.edu
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
the shadow of doubt...
a child examines
the plastic icon's plastic wounds
December 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
can no longer
see myself reflected
in the green deeps of your eyes
not even in my dreams, and yet
in the pond where we used to swim...

#younglove #tanka
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hair a mess, rheumy-eyed, breath like a corpse, and entirely too old for me, he was the most beautiful creature I had ever beheld. He had stayed the whole night! And now he was offering brunch!

I've never understood the idea of coyote-ugly. Who likes waking up alone?

🧵 1/3
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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She folded the dark-blue tailored suit and added it to the other corporate outfits in the Goodwill bag.

Now, there was only one thing left to do to celebrate being newly-retired.

She entered the hair salon. “Spiky, please, with #magenta highlights.” #vss365
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I can no longer
see myself reflected
in the green deeps of your eyes
not even in my dreams, and yet
in the pond where we used to swim...
June 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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August 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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August 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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self preservation
a wrought iron fence gate - closed
trying not to rust

#haiku #senryu
August 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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⚔️💀
July 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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July 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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waning moon
a Father's Day card
from the dog
June 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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We, the people, have spoken!
June 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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You can't understand the behaviour of US elites - Democrats being too timid, Republicans debasing themselves, bureaucrats who behave like pushovers - without reference to the constant threat of political violence that has come with MAGA. Every day is January 6. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
June 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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June 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Minneapolis… San Diego… Folks are pushing back.

This is only going to get worse.
June 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I can no longer
see myself reflected
in the green deeps of your eyes
not even in my dreams, and yet
in the pond where we used to swim...
June 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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June 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.

We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM