Bringing in the Sheaves

 

—Poetry and Visuals by Jerome Berglund, 

Minneapolis, MN

 

 

declination

      collapses
with blade protruding
      burying the lead

      can’t get good hold
on door knob
      greasy hands

      killer insinuates himself
into investigation
      police academy

      drink cart
crashes into cockpit
      going down

      tries to resuscitate
ribcage caves in
      bringing in the sheaves

 

 

 

 

      

      true north

      wigs and rouge
hide disease's progression
      potpourri masks foul stench

      displays pulsing heart
before rabble, flair for showmanship
      at the court

not full dark yet but there are explosions :: will be soon

      tall thin man
quite statuesque
      life models starving

      house proves cursed
but invested all they had in it
      nowhere else can go

 

 

 

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               the sickly, penniless poet

without station or income, prospects
to his paramour  
through dingy view from squat
feels compelled to comment
upon the neighbors’ yacht 

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                      the panjandrums

gaolers and justices of the peace
could not rob her of slender waistline  
or glamorous elegance
gasped last in ribbons
silver as a tetradrachm
regal like Artemis with her bow
to collective sigh of relief
as murines peeked out
from their burrows

 

 

 

 

 

wandering pole

copycat crimes blank carbon paper

      taming of
the humdinger
      walk-in closets

      drives
a hard bargain
      biblical relations

      forgiveness offered
for sins absolved
      paramedics arrive too late

      love is loss
washing and dressing
      the body

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Today’s LittleNip:

                  sometimes a missing piece

which fell down a crack
under the couch
when slid over
fit into its proper place
as connective tissue
the overall picture that
suddenly comes together
will greatly surprise you

—Jerome Berglund

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Newcomer 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, Black and White Haiga, Blōō Outlier Journal, Bones, Bottle Rockets, Cold Moon Journal, Contemporary Haibun Online, Daily Haiga, Failed Haiku, Frogpond, Haiku Dialogue, Haiku Seed, Japan Society, Modern Haiku, Poetry Pea, Ribbons, Scarlet Dragonfly, Seashores, Time Haiku, Triya, Tsuri-dōrō, Under the Basho, Wales Haiku Journal, and the zen space. His writing publications are at 
https://flowersunmedia.wixsite.com/jbphotography/post/haiku-senryu-and-haiga-publications/ and Jerome can be found at https://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/2022/04/share-your-nonsense-if-you-date.html/. Welcome to the Kitchen, Jerome, and don’t be a stranger!

NorCal poetry events today include the Closing Reception for Sac. Poetry Center Gallery’s exhibit of art from Daniel Schoori, and readings in Auburn and Quincy. Click on Medusa's UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS (http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/wtf.html) for details about these and other future poetry events in the NorCal area—and keep an eye on this link and on the Kitchen for happenings that might pop up during the week.

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—Medusa

 

 

 

 Jerome Berglund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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