My Infinity

"In My Infinity (Red Hen Press), Didi Jackson employs a lyrical grace and intimate tone as she seeks transcendence, even while acknowledging that not all wounds may heal. She explores personal concessions as she listens for the divine in the cycles of nature great and small, from the rising moon to the bathroom spider at its web." —Washington Independent Review of Books

"My Infinity is a volume that puts Didi Jackson’s talent on full display. This is only her second poetry volume (the first, Moon Jar, was published in 2020), but it reads like the work of an accomplished poet. Her poetic territory is made clear and her voice well defined. It is introspective and yet observant of the outside world, confessional yet studiously avoidant of the mawkish or egotistical." —World Literature Today

"Fueled by explorations of af Klint’s life and vision, Jackson’s world brims with danger and ecstasy. The poems of My Infinity thrive at points of threshold, unafraid of paradox and ambiguity. These poems press into liminal moments, creating spaces for illumination and astonishment." —Chapter 16

"It’s no surprise that visual artists often write poetry, but a poet inspired by a visual artist can cast a unique kind of spell, one My Infinity promises to deliver." —Hyperallergic

"Jackson's first husband died by suicide, and her stunning metaphors are honed by a profound understanding of grief, and of the symbiotic relationship between life and death. Through close observation of birds, landscapes, sunrises, sunsets, and the night sky, among other natural phenomena, the poet draws attention to the beauty that surrounds us, a reminder that it's possible to heal after a painful loss." —Poetry Foundation

“Didi Jackson’s My Infinity is an infinitely expansive collection with an acute sensitivity to the infinitesimal, ‘the small thump’ of a goldfinch hitting the window, ‘the flash of gold / against the mica sky