Mary Jackson

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Her work can be read in various literary journals, anthologies (Backwater Press, Papier-Mache Press), in four chapbooks <I>Clippings</I> by Pudding House Press, <I>Between Door and Frame, No Buried Dogs, </I>and<I> Witnesses </I>by FootHills Publishing. A poem is forthcoming in the anthology, <I>An Untidy Season</I> to be published in 2012. More of her work can be read on her blog - strongjacksonpoet.wordpress.com</div> <bR> <div> <B>Witnesses</B></div> <div> <B>is a 40 page hand-sewn chapbook  - $10.00. </B></div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here.</U></A>     </div> <bR> <div> ON-LINE          <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U> </U></A>                              </div> <bR> <div> From the US      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Witnesses"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-22"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Canada      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Witnesses"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-22"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="2.75"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries           <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Witnesses"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-22"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="5.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="no_buried_dogs"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>No Buried Dogs</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13d2cdc0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="476" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> No Buried Dogs</div> <bR> <div> His arm crosses her right hip, forearm</div> <div> on soft belly skin, hand cradles her thigh.</div> <div> He sleeps. She wakes to a graceful world</div> <div> that turns gently as the edges of a shy mouth</div> <div> beginning its curve, a world sensual </div> <div> as the soft whisk of low pine branches</div> <div> sweeping the ground.</div> <bR> <div> The flannel sheet breathes warmth</div> <div> on her back while morning air</div> <div> tucks itself around her one bare shoulder.</div> <div> Her surroundings “become” as if today</div> <div> is a coming-out party for the ordinary</div> <div> and now there is no ordinary.</div> <bR> <div> Here, there are no ghosts to embrace, </div> <div> buried dogs, magic prayers, wealth, </div> <div> oppressors, or measuring tools, only the </div> <div> ordinary that repeats, illustrates, repeats,</div> <div> in this moment, in this morning, in this life.</div> <bR> <div> She gasps. </div> <div> He stirs into their day.</div> <bR> <div> ISBN:  0-941053-61-X</div> <div> <I>No Buried Dogs</I></div> <div> is a 68 page hand-sewn book with spine - $14.00</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here.</U></A>     </div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER  ON-LINE </div> <bR> <div> <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="No Buried Dogs"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="06-08"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="14.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>     </B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/view_cart.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="display" value="1"> </form>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>