Vipanjeet Kaur and Jerome Berglund Collaboration | Meltdown 

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.