England, (b. 1977)
Pig
- When people ask
- who I think I am
- I tell them I grew up
- with pigs. I ate
- off their fat bellies
- slept against their
- hairy snouts.
- I say all that
- as if it explains
- things. I’m lying.
- There’s been no pigs
- for years: just horses
- and some corn.
- But when I think
- about who I am
- or where I’m from
- I still see the shape
- of their trotters
- still feel their solid
- hoary skins.
© Sarah Jackson. Magma #42, ‘The New Imagination‘, August 2008; Edited by Laurie Smith with Jacqueline Saphra. http://magmapoetry.com/.
About the Poet:
Sarah Jackson, England, (b. 1977), is a poet, broadcaster, educator and researcher specializing in contemporary literature and theory. Her poems have been published in a range of journals that include The Rialto, Envoi, Other Poetry, and The Interpreter’s House.
Dr. Sarah Jackson is an Associate Professor in English at Nottingham Trent University. She lectures on the BA (Hons) English, on the MA Creative Writing and on the MRes English Literary Research. She currently supervises PhD students working in English and in Creative and Critical Writing. She also leads the Critical Poetics research group at NTU. [DES-01/22]
Additional information:
- Sarah Jackson web site – https://sarahjacksonbluebox.com/
- Dr. Sarah Jackson – Nottingham Trent University