Jackson, Raych 2019
Six Points Reading Series with Raych Jackson and Camellia-Berry Grass
The Whistler
he forced me awake by snoring after
commendable I was able to fall asleep
this is his bed now he is rooted I am
snapped hanging on to assault charges by
splinters commendable I was able to fall
asleep maybe it was the best defense
– Raych Jackson, “pantoum for his snoring”
Watch Raych Jackson perform her poem “Numbers 16”:
Raych Jackson – Numbers 16
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A black girl is happiest when rooted to the scalp are braids.
She dances with them whipping down her back like corn in winds of harvest.
Braiding forces our reunions to be like the shifts your mothers work, long.
I find that being surrounded by only your own is more useful.
Gives our mixed blood more value.
Solidifies your place with your race, with your sisters.
– Raych Jackson, “A sestina for a black girl who does not know how to braid hair”
Watch Raych Jackson perform her poem “Jonah Was Trapped Before He Met the Fish”:
Raych Jackson – Jonah Was Trapped Before He Met the Fish
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