"glue stick goes north," "jerrycan exxonic," "one baby & baby," and "mortgage (dead pledge)"

glue stick goes north

soothes who &
whom that l
 
a cloth bicycle
heaven of the golden
 
           millet

 


 

jerrycan exxonic

in the garden
at the beginning of the future
 
hear the gravy siren?
 
           I eat my andes mints
           & my radish pie
           at daniels & fisher tower
 
the BVO gas station is gone
 
           gone!

 


 

one baby & baby

it’s tree time!
I am without
 
the sporting news

on the final earth
 
on the famous earth
a northern idea
 
yurt head a
line

 


 

mortgage (dead pledge)

morning again
morning again
 
pink eye
pineal
 
blue &
here
 
morning again

 

 

J. D. Nelson

J. D. Nelson (b. 1971) is the author of ten print chapbooks and e-books of poetry, including Cinderella City (The Red Ceilings Press, 2012). His first full-length collection is in ghostly onehead (Post-Asemic Press, 2022). Visit his website, MadVerse.com, for more information and links to his published work. His haiku blog is at JDNelson.net. Nelson lives in Colorado, USA. He recommends the Denver Rescue Mission.

 

Edited for Unlikely by Jonathan Penton, Editor-in-Chief
Last revised on Monday, October 30, 2023 - 21:06