
deadly heatwave
the outdoors
a burning furnace
egg on the
sidewalk frying
fruits and vegetables
air roasting
discolouration
equatorial
beneath broilers
unattended
rain forecast
amidst wildfires
rods and staffs
divining how
to fix this climate

Vipanjeet Kaur is a poet and haikuist from India. Her poems have been published internationally in various journals and anthologies (both print and online) including SpillWords Press, Fevers of the Mind Poetry and Art Group. Her haiku have been published in various international online journals like Haiku Dialogue of The Haiku Foundation, The Poetry Pea Podcast and Journal, Under the Basho, Cold Moon Journal, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal and many more. Surreal Morning, her debut poetry book, has been published by Evincepub Publishing, India.
Jerome Berglund, recently nominated for the Touchstone awards and Pushcart Prize, 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.

[…] Citation: “Meltdown”, a rengay in collaboration with poet Jerome Berglund on the website of Coalition for Digital Narratives, cw5 issue, 1st November 2023 coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org. The recording of our collaborative reading of this poem is also uploaded there. https://coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/2023/11/01/vipanjeet-kaur-and-jerome-berglund/ […]