The Frequency of God
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In his first collection, Australian poet Mark William Jackson is by turns reflective and rallying, as he explores closeness and distance, love and change, and perfectly articulates the hostile coopting of social space by technology.
The Frequency of God is his first poetry collection.
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The Frequency of God - Mark William Jackson
The Frequency of God
At a trash ‘n’ treasure market,
in an average town,
an old radio
encased in bakelite.
Plugged in &
waiting for the valves to warm
I took to the dial with a frothing sense of urgency,
twisting past horse races & rock & roll,
past right wing commentary,
searching for the frequency of God,
long lost in digital audio,
sure to be found
in the silver soldered
magic of a romanticised time.
& there
at the end
of the amplitude modulated band,
megahertz away from any generic noise, a perfect silence.
Beat(en) & Saintly
it was wednesday
& the wagtail blues
& bebop doos
fell like porcelain
from an angel’s wings
hipster crooners
who clung to rags
like oxygen needles
danced on glass feet
stomping at the gin bar
& smoking leaves
of fortitude stripped
from a sandbox of lies
we waited for a taxi
while the moon bled jazz
over the new york sidewalk
insects laughed
at the show
mingling with saxophones
of stone
& now?
do you do do the new move
cloaked in ageless slipstreams
in the rat tat of hep cat culture
does your coffee pour whiskey
into your mind’s cool blue fixtures
when your pen punctures pages
& when will you rest?
& is this a test?
historic light unsheathed
like a blade
to cut your