About Tim Jackson
Timothy Michael Richard Jackson was born to Irish parents in Bombay/Mumbai, India in 1945. He spent his earlier childhood in India and Pakistan. The family returned to Mullingar, Co Westmeath, Ireland in 1951, where his father took up General Practice Medicine.
He was educated at Headfort School Co.Meath, and St Columba’s College Rathfarnham, Dublin. He then studied Medicine and English at Trinity College Dublin, qualifying in 1970.
He specialised in Public Health Medicine, and was Director of Community Care and Medical Officer of Health for Co. Kerry from 1982-95. He then took a post of Specialist in Public Health Medicine in the Dept of Public Health in Cork. He retired in 2012.
He is widowed with two children, and three grandchildren.
His interests include literature, philosophy of science and religion, music, computers, chess, golf, and sailing.
Personal and spiritual
Tim Jackson's poetry is uniquely personal and spiritual, often infused with wit and reflections on family.
His poems offer a blend of heartfelt emotion and keen observation, creating a connection with readers through shared experiences and thoughtful insights.
Witty reflections
Explore the witty side of Tim Jackson's poetry, where humor and clever wordplay intertwine with deeper themes.
His reflections on life, family, and spirituality offer a unique perspective that is both entertaining and thought-provoking.
Family inspired
Family plays a central role in Tim Jackson's poetry.
Discover how his experiences and relationships inspire his verses, creating heartfelt and relatable poems that resonate with readers on a personal level.
"If most poetry is autobiographical, these poems reveal a highly intelligent, articulate, principled author, which is Tim to a tee. This is a life's work, spanning almost 45 years during which the pieces have been much admired by friends & family. "
Peter Jackson, Linconshire, RAF navigator retired, poet.
T.M.R. Jackson's very fine poetry collection, Watching - Episodic Poetic Reflections
is a remarkable, reflective and truly inspiring anthology that spans forty four years of watching, noting and capturing and serving life in its many changes and development.
It is a beautiful collection of poems, and will inspire and offer hope for many decades beyond its present four.
Ann Egan. Poet.
"Watching is aptly named. This book of poems focuses sharply and sympathetically on life. Its scope is wide and its appeal should be as wide. Whether you are a friend, work colleague, relation, or general reader do get a copy. There are even some beautiful photographs!"
Dr Hilary Robinson, Lecturer in English (retired)
"Tim sees a lesson in everything and everybody around him, but he also does not hesitate to teach. We are not just observers, but active residents of a world in urgent need of redemption, whether spiritual or environmental. Our metaphorical train is gathering momentum as environmental disaster threatens and Yeats's "new age dawning" illuminates the old age's ending ("Journey"). Tim even extends his quest into the future, salting his 2022 census return with a poem that asks if Earth's future generations will have "tuned finally / into the subtle harmonies / of God's world?"
Prof. Brian Ó Broin
Dept. of Language, Literature, Culture, and Writing
William Paterson University, NJ