Anna Jacobson
Anna Jacobson reads her poems ‘Finding a Translator' and 'Without Corners or Guide' for the second series of ABR's Queensland States of Poetry anthology.
My father can find
any building in unfamiliar
surroundings. I do not have this sense ...
During the war tick
your parents
tick tick
didn’t want to leave everything behind again ...
Dots twirl along my veins
At least a dozen in each arm
Blood-test confetti
from a diagnosis party ...
Maps are for memory. I see
palm trees by the forest. Their shadows
form an X at noon. I dig
using hands feet mouth, bite
against treasure – not gold but worry dolls that I spit
out like multi-coloured teeth into my palm.
Anna Jacobson is a Brisbane-based poet, writer, and artist. Her poetry has been published in literary journals including Cordite, Rabbit, Australian Poetry Journal ...