small bird
upper hand on raptor
for just a moment
I bore
witness
the Mountie
takes off his hat
her whole body
collapses
a black hole
stuck out
nail
bent roughly
with measured thwack
canary falling
sprawling graveyard
a ways
off interstate
squint to
make out details
all performers
who traveled
heavily
went down eventually
those days
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, and Modern Haiku. His first full-length collections of poetry Bathtub Poems and Funny Pages were just released by Setu and Meat For Tea press, and a mixed media chapbook showcasing his fine art photography is available now from Yavanika.