1
even when
can’t see them
chirping cheers me
2
new life among
the mud, last year's leaves —
welcome the rain
3
tinnitus
not the midnight special
hoping for
4
visit my old hood
through Google maps,
tent cities far as arrows go
5
planting time passes quickly
sow oats
if you like bread
Bio: Jerome Berglund graduated from the University of Southern California’s Cinema-Television Production program and spent a picaresque decade in the entertainment industry before returning to the midwest where he was born and raised. He has exhibited many haiku, senryu and haiga online and in print, most recently in the Asahi Shimbun, Failed Haiku, Scarlet Dragonfly, Cold Moon Journal, Bear Creek Haiku, and Daily Haiga. Jerome is furthermore an established, award-winning fine art photographer, whose black and white pictures have been shown in New York, Minneapolis, and Santa Monica galleries.
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