She posts notices around town, throughout local papers, appeals for help in the investigation, promises a reward for any information leading to recovery, or apprehension of the party responsible for disappearance. Language civil, urgent, pleading. All couched in iambic pentameter. … Continue reading →

   Many Moons      medias ressmash cut in for punchline     set-up never explained       deer and houndlook startlingly similar      splayed disemboweled by side of road       just leavecardboard stay in collar –      puppeteer’s hand       assembliesshould be fool proof…      they had to add stickers       darting flamereflected appears to battle itself      carnival glass  Only Illusions      one windmill restsexhausted, lifeless      out of breath, bushed       walls press inclose quarters      become trash compactor       in the stage directions,bolded:      everything goes wrong!      old school squib dischargesnone of painted noise for him…      real, loud, messy       morning dewfog over rolling plains      car with hood up   Summer Sky      roads closed aheadunder construction      recalculating rerouting       beside lavatoryjust grateful      to be seated       rabbit tracksare diminutive –      look hard       The prayer plant…Is flowering?!  …The prayer plant       is flowering!!      squirrel on high bardon’t tell him because has no wings      is not flying Jerome Berglund has many haiku, senryu and tanka exhibited and forthcoming online and in print, most recently in the Asahi Shimbun, Bear Creek Haiku, Bamboo Hut, … Continue reading →

Waiting for the Bluebird of Happiness I could have been better. I know that.But I was asking questions that couldnot be answered. My spells turned outto be voluntary and self-sustaining.The vast fields I traversedwere greener than my waistcoattraded from an … Continue reading →