gleem toothpaste pepper yogurt purple


—


alert owlet the wrong orange



—


icicle painted silver lord oh lord



—



head of the larks nightly news epaulet



—



o’dell of the forest namely nothing



—



forked doorknob the proof of prawns



—



bio/graf

J. D. Nelson’s poems have appeared in many publications, worldwide, since 2002. He is the author of ten print chapbooks and e-books of poetry, including *purgatorio* (wlovolw, 2024). Nelson’s 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 Boulder, Colorado, USA.