by Jason Bovberg | Jun 22, 2012 | Poetry
I have a thing for haikus. And burgers. And Subaru WRXs. I owned a WRX in the early part of this century and had a blast with it. Driving the Colorado backroads was spectacularly fun. I miss those days. Sigh. Anyway, I won a contest that was uniquely targeted to my...
by Jason Bovberg | Jun 19, 2012 | Poetry
Here’s a fun piece I did a while back, while writing The Naked Dame. I used this series of connective or narrative haikus as warmup toward writing the clipped prose of that novel. You can consider this a prelude to the novel, or at least a mini-story that takes...
by Jason Bovberg | May 31, 2012 | Poetry
Ah, the haiku. That ancient form of succinct phrase poetry, juxtaposing images or ideas, punctuated with syllabic constriction and line breaks, adhering strictly to the 5-7-5 structure. It is the yearning for revelation shared by author and reader. I hope to share a...
