The Whisky Blot
Journal of Literature, Poetry, and Haiku
when dreaming of you i go home
what a treat, tonight tell me you can see rippling stands of creeping foxtail can’t you hear their foot pads hitting with force as if they’re trouncing the swaying stems yet all that happens is quick sways in rapid succession forms outlined tell me you can see them one of many private deities basis of my spirituality known to me alone if anyone’s reached similar conclusions i have no interest in sharing my myth with anyone who didn’t help affirm that we’re all born with a sliver of god in our heart study of enlightenment shows one of the hardest earthly attachments to let go is doubt doubted that i’d ever dream again & feel at home, when i let go, saw the racing packs numerous transparent wolves suddenly i settled into theory i thought my passion for anthro- pomorphizing grassflows was a pathology, now i see it was a howl let out by infernal spirits yearning to bathe in moonlight Thomas Jackson is currently a Junior at North Carolina State University in the United States. Thomas self-published a poetry collection centered on his experiences with suicidal thoughts and nature titled "growth" through Amazon when he was seventeen years old. In February of 2020 delivered a spoken-word poem at TEDx NCState titled "I am so proud of you" which was shared to the official TEDx talks Youtube channel. His poem "afterparty" appeared in Issue 20 of Emerge Literary Journal. He received a first place prize for “The Big Mistake” and an honorable mention for “body parts” in two contests for the North Carolina Poetry Society’s Pinesong Awards. Most recently, his poems “Portrait” and “sacred sites on this planet are few & far between” in NC State University’s Windhover Literary Magazine. You can engage with his work further at www.thomasjwrites.com, www.instagram.com/jtommyj and www.twitter.com/tommybbyboy. Comments are closed.
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