Fragile Cargo by Simon Jackson is published by BeWrite Books.
"Jackson is a brave poet. There's an underlying tenderness to Fragile Cargo, but the poems are all written with such energy and bite that the reader is never allowed to feel comfortable. They're funny too. Jackson captures our lives and dilemmas and works like a photographer to show us the way we really are. More please." Mark Wallington (writer for Not the Nine O'Clock News and thirteen produced TV series and films)
"Fragile Cargo - in which fish hooks are terrible question marks, and supplication is the tiptoeing of a burglar - is a humane and thought-provoking debut to be relished." Mike Stocks (Goss First Novel Award Winner)
“I particularly like their unapologetic vulnerability, unprotected by smartness or irony. These poems are not concerned with displaying their credentials as poetry; they don’t give themselves airs – they just deliver.” Andrew Grieg (Eric Gregory Award winner for poetry and Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year)
“Diverse and absorbing... [These poems] have the ability to touch and shock and are vivid in content and language," Berlie Doherty (twice winner of the Carnegie Medal)
'Whether dealing with work, family, desire or the nature of belief, these poems focus, in vivid detail, on the point of contact between the known and unknowable, the wished-for and the feared.' Dilys Rose (winner of the Canongate Prize, McCash Prize et al)
"Jackson is a brave poet. There's an underlying tenderness to Fragile Cargo, but the poems are all written with such energy and bite that the reader is never allowed to feel comfortable. They're funny too. Jackson captures our lives and dilemmas and works like a photographer to show us the way we really are. More please." Mark Wallington (writer for Not the Nine O'Clock News and thirteen produced TV series and films)
"Fragile Cargo - in which fish hooks are terrible question marks, and supplication is the tiptoeing of a burglar - is a humane and thought-provoking debut to be relished." Mike Stocks (Goss First Novel Award Winner)
“I particularly like their unapologetic vulnerability, unprotected by smartness or irony. These poems are not concerned with displaying their credentials as poetry; they don’t give themselves airs – they just deliver.” Andrew Grieg (Eric Gregory Award winner for poetry and Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year)
“Diverse and absorbing... [These poems] have the ability to touch and shock and are vivid in content and language," Berlie Doherty (twice winner of the Carnegie Medal)
'Whether dealing with work, family, desire or the nature of belief, these poems focus, in vivid detail, on the point of contact between the known and unknowable, the wished-for and the feared.' Dilys Rose (winner of the Canongate Prize, McCash Prize et al)