I started off as a musician in high school playing guitar and bass. Coming out of high school, I know some of my own songs as well as other artists. I didn't start writing poems for a while though. Except in high school, for English class, I wrote a poem going "Let's blow up the rotten school and build ourselves a swimming pool.." and that raised an issue of school threats similar to bomb threats of this day and age. Then there was this dirty poem I wrote in my early 20's. But I was still writing songs then. I took some college courses in jazz, piano, songwriting and creative writing. Back in 85 I recorded with that famous producer. Butch was who produced Neverworld of nirvana, a number one album of the year in the early 90's. then in '86 I started a 20 year sentence for a crime. This is where I started writing poetry. I took a uw-extension course in creative writing. I wrote a few and people liked them so I wrote more. There came a time where I used poetry as therapy. I would write 2 poems for every 2 weeks. And that beats writer's block. A lot of BEST OF KEN JACKSON has that stuff. Then I was released in '99 and I put out a bunch of rock 'n roll albums. I was also participating in a monthly poetry group for a while. There is a section of this book I wrote using a variety of student researchers. Thank you for reading this book. Ken Jackson

KEN JACKSON started off as a musician in high school, playing guitar and bass. He was still writing songs then. He took some college courses in jazz, piano, songwriting, and creative writing as well. Back in 1985, Ken Jackson recorded with a famous producer-Butch Vig, who produced Nevermind by Nirvana, a number-one album of the year in the early nineties. That's when Ken started writing poetry. He took a course in creative writing from UW-Extension. He wrote a few poems and people liked them, so he wrote more. There came a time when he used poetry as therapy where he would write two poems in every two weeks. And that beats the writer's block. A lot of that stuff is in Best of Ken Jackson. In 1999, Ken Jackson had put out a bunch of rock 'n roll albums. He was also participating in a monthly poetry group for a while. He wrote one section of this book using a variety of student researchers. He was also participating in a songwriter's guild.