haibun by Jerome Berglund
with found prose quotations from headlines for the September 11, 2024 Guardian article by Maya Yang.
David Moot…
smoking with
the windows up
ball lightning
…nabs ‘dream’ Cape Cod home…
intelligent
design
splitting adam
…next to eroding cliff…
overcast
a hot spot
in the blues
…in imminent danger of crumbling…
we buy
neglected properties
skeleton key
“A man who says life’s too short…
under
the rock
hard fast rules
…to resist buying a home that might fall
off a cliff in a few years…
bible belt
center
mass
…has taken ownership of a house with a beautiful view…
stroke
of luck
arching back
…of the slowly encroaching ocean.”
three fingers
the trees dropped are removed
in the night
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 full-length collections of poetry were released by Setu, Meat For Tea, Mōtus Audāx press, and a mixed media chapbook showcasing his fine art photography is available now from Yavanika.