Ohio Suburbs

we
can
fit
in

ensembles
of
corn

adagio
valleys

glissandos
of
cities

bordering
open
fields


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 Red Tree Review, Alabama Literary Review, and Sideways Poetry Journal. He edits The Mantle Poetry from Nashville, Tennessee. (jamescroaljackson.com)