"Fragile Cargo is a humane and thought-provoking debut to be relished." Mike Stocks"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 since, including The Missing Postman, Station Jim and The Man Who Lost his Head. Author of at least a dozen books including 500 Mile Walkies and Boogie Up the River.)"From the incisively observational to the profoundly moving and all shades in-between; a collection of gems.' Caroline Dunford, author and playwright, including the Euphemia Martins detective series, A Death in the Family and A Death in the Highlands. "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 (Scottish Author and Poet, winner of The Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Short Story award (1991), Society of Authors' Travel Award (1998), two Scottish Arts Council Book Awards (1993, 1999), Canongate Prize (2000), UNESCO/City of Literature fellowship (2006) and the McCash prize (2006).)"Having read my first Simon Jackson poem I wanted to read the next. This collection is well crafted, thought provoking and, above all, enjoyable and will leave you wanting more." Tony Gutteridge, Manager of Grace Dieu Writers Circle and Writers' Awards"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 Carniegie Medal, 1986 and 1991, and the Writers Guild of Great Britain Award 1992 and 1997