“The poetry and prose of EE Jacks reflects on human emotion and explores thoughts and feelings on existentialism, nature, loss and love. Her early influences range from Dickinson and Neruda to Lorca and Heaney.”
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VERIFY YOU ARE HUMAN
“Oh, to the texture of mind. Oh, to scratch the sedate. Static is all there is in drops of Satie lingering in our ears. Who is speaking? Who is squeaking by the river? Oh, it is Li. It is gold catching light in the stream. Flaking little screams into the universe. I try to comprehend the sound of being and it slowly begins to smell of burning and remembrance. Warmth and ice converge in thirds. To be blind is to see in multiple senses. I close my eyes to paint the pure parts. I always have.” EE
This selection of early poems and prose was written before 2012. Burning Bee explores many subjects from nature to the full scope of human emotion and belief.
Written between 2021 and 2022, No Service was partially inspired by a stormy drive along the coast from California to Oregon. This book explores scapes, religion, the internal, loss and love.