Ground Chuck

 

 

Body Horror  

—Visual Poetry by Jerome Berglund,

Minneapolis, MN

 

 

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Cement Shoes

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Not Equal

 

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Plow Wind

 

 

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 Ground Chuck

 

 

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Tiny Home

 

 

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House of Bricks

 

 

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Dove

 
 

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Today's LittleNip:

 

Telling stories with visuals is an ancient art. We’ve been drawing pictures on cave walls for centuries…

—Deborah Wiles

 

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Welcome back to Jerome Berglund today, who has brought us some more “vispo” (visual poetry) and hybrid poems (concrete and interdisciplinary approaches to different forms). Jerome has curated a small showcase of Vispo and Concrete, discussing the form and its intersections with Japanese-inspired traditions—see https://www.setumag.com/2024/02/guest-editors-note-setu-special.html/.

Jerome Berglund has worked as everything from dishwasher to paralegal, night watchman to assembler of heart valves. Many haiku, haiga and haibun he’s written have been exhibited or are forthcoming online and in print, most recently in bottle rockets, Frogpond, Kingfisher, and Presence. His first two full-length collections of poetry, Bathtub Poems and Funny Pages, were released by Setu and Meat For Tea presses, and a mixed-media chapbook showcasing his fine art photography is available now from Yavanika. For more about Jerome’s writing publications, go to
https://flowersunmedia.wixsite.com/jbphotography/post/haiku-senryu-and-haiga-publications/, and Jerome’s blog may be seen at https://flowersunmedia.wixsite.com/jbphotography/blog-1/. Welcome back, Jerome, and don’t be a stranger!

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—Medusa

Living
—VisPo by Jerome Berglund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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