SO
ME
PO
EMS
In Balconies
from
many
floors
down
the
scent
of
the
earth
lifting
many
floors
up
the
rain
Plumwood Mountain: An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics 7.2 “Writing in the Pause”, ed. Jonathan Skinner
down
a
path
made
by
water
paw
hoof
foot
Bones 20, ed. Johannes S. H. Bjerg
Modern Haiku 53.3
ed. Paul Miller
Later included in the anthology Haiku 2023 (Modern Haiku Press),
ed. Lee Gurga & Scott Miller
jungle
burning
bright
my
fear
ful
sym
metry
in the Eden of gardening
even the allegories
grow leaves
Sonic Boom 17, ed. Shloka Shankar et al.
Later included in Haiku 2021 (Modern Haiku Press, 2021)
eds. Scott Metz and Lee Gurga;
& in where the roots are: Best of Paper Lanterns Anthology vol. II, (Yuvanika Press, 2021)
ed. Shloka Shankar
a rock
waits
till no
longer
left for
dead
Bones 19, ed. Johannes S. H. Bjerg
The Gone Missing
It happens all the time. I point. Then say, I am going up towards there. And less determined than bewitched, I go at once. And without the proper footwear. And without telling anyone. Other than the ones who would come, ones who would never think to call me back.
the act in its cataract self
Five cinepoetry film adaptations of this poem by five different directors were selected for screening at the Haibun Film Festival component of the 2023 Haiku North America conference in Cincinnati. All five films along with judges and directors' comments can be found at Dave Bonta's Moving Poems site.
Some Links
O a gull sea (a micro digital chapbook published by Johannes S. H. Bjerg's Bones: journal for the short poem, 2023)
O 5 cinepoetry film adaptations of "The Gone Missing" by 5 directors
O A New Resonance 11 (Red Moon Press, 2019) containing 15 of my micropoems (eds. Jim Kacian & Julie Warther)
O The Jacket-Pocket Keats in E-ratio (2020) (ed. Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino)
O 4 Poems in Plumwood Mountain Journal: An Australian and International Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics, Vol. 7, N. 2: Writing in the Pause (October 2020) (ed. Jonathan Skinner)
O "New Ney": an ambient glitch track I produced under the moniker bearstatic included on the ep balloon (Mind Plug Records, 2011)