The fourth poem in this series—and my second “covid” poem published in Global Poemic—is “The Forgotten Mask” [original link: The Forgotten Mask – Global Poemic (wordpress.com); archival link: February 2021 – Global Poemic (wordpress.com)]. It appeared on February 24, 2021, when the Covid pandemic was nearly a year old, but the mask mandate was still … More Fall 2022 Poetry Reading Series, #4
I am excited, humbled, and proud to announce that my latest poem, “Chaos – 2022” appears today in Minyan Magazine, alongside 9 other excellent poems in issue 5. This poem was originally written in October 2020 (Hebrew year 5781) for the Beth Am Synagogue (Baltimore) annual Poetry Shabbat, which took place during the darkest period of … More Announcement: Poem #11 Just Published!
My third published poem is titled “I Don’t Want to Play The “Capitol” Edition of Clue™”. It appeared on January 25, 2021, in the online journal Oddball Magazine [https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-jackie- oldham-2], 19 days after the January 6th Insurrection in Washington, D.C. Like many of you, I watched the Insurrection unfold on live television, and it took … More Fall 2022 Poetry Reading Series, #3
My second poem, “Just Another Covid Saturday,” appeared in the online journal Global Poemic on October 10, 2020 [https://globalpoemic.wordpress.com/2020/10/10/just-another-covid-19-saturday/], but it was written during the darkest period of the Pandemic, on March 28, 2020, when none of us knew what was happening, and we were all struggling with a life in lockdown. Global Poemic is … More Fall 2022 Poetry Reading Series #2
“Golem Emet,” my first published poem, appeared in the online journal Oddball Magazine on September 24, 2020 [Poem by Jackie Oldham – oddball magazine]. I needed a way to process the sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg six days earlier, at a critical point in the 2020 Presidential Election campaign. Then-President Trump … More Fall 2022 Poetry Reading Series #1
Autumn is my favorite season, and October is my favorite month(!), most likely because they’re the season and month of my birth. For much of my life, October was a banner month for birthdays in my family: my Aunt Elnora (October 4th), my little brother David (October 6th), my Great-Uncle Sonny (October 9th), his sister … More October Surprises
I. After the evening nap Pick up the heavy glass Mount Rushmore mug she bought you many years ago. Pour your favorite libation– Cherry Coke… What is that floating in the soda??? Head smack realization: Several dead petals and leaves from your only dried flower arrangement…. Empty the glass, rinse, Start over. Drink fountain soda … More Mother’s Day 2022 – Insta-Poem*
I am excited to announce that I will be reading poems and discussing Mental Health awareness at this important event, on Thursday, May 27, 2021, at 8:00pm EDT, along with the following poets: Christina Bejan, Brian Donnell James, Hilton Lewis, Bypo Phoenix, and Monique Pickens. As a person who has lived and thrived with both … More ANNOUNCEMENT: National Mental Health Awareness Month Poetry Reading NOT ALL SCARS CAN BE SEEN
April 14-15, 2021 The word, “racism,” wasn’t created untilthe dawn of the 20th century. The act of “racism” has been continuous Since 1619. “Modern racism” does not exist—There is only one racism. The concept remains the same. Only the weapons have changed,And even those, not so much. 17th to 19th centuries: Ship cargo holdsWhipsChains ArsonBeatingsDraggingFistsRopesRapeSticks … More There Is Only One Racism
It wasn’t meant to be a race, when, at the same moment, my next-door neighbor and I happened to slip-slide from our houses to our respective cars to scrape away 3 days’ worth of ice and escape cabin fever. She tiptoed across her crystal lawn, avoiding her ice-rink-ready sidewalk, carrying a piece of cardboard to … More The De-Icing of Two Cars
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