September 11th: Haiku and Tanka by Jerome Berglund

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Thank you, Jerome, for this lovely quintet of poetry. We appreciate your support of bloodbathhate, and are honoured to feature your work. Thank you!

1

      acquired tastes —

tray is offered

      dismissed with suspicion



2

      small tart cherries

pit will catch you by surprise

      bone in ribeye 



3

      wedlock/whoredom Janus-minted 

      capital’s Thalia and Melpomene



4

       hitchhiking

spiral galaxy

       return to sender



5

      potted flower 

wan in the sultry dark

      can still make you out

by my flickering candle

but must strain my eyes 

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.