~ Delta Poetry Review ~

James Croal Jackson

Holiday Politics

If God is

thine god

let my country

be mine

I don’t

want

to

invade

anywhere

you don’t belong

if hunger be

a gift let it eat

my own heart

right through

the wrapping

James Croal Jackson is a Filipino-American poet working in film production. His latest chapbook is A God You Believed In (Pinhole Poetry, 2023). Recent poems are in ITERANT, Stirring, and The Indianapolis Review. He edits The Mantle Poetry from Nashville, Tennessee. (jamescroaljackson.com)