Visual Tan-Renga, September 2024

Kimberly Kuchar often writes haiku and senryu while her pet cockatiel is sitting on her shoulder. She lives near Austin with her husband (and their son when he's not at college). Her work has appeared in Frogpond, Akitsu Quarterly, Cold Moon Journal, tsuri-dōrō, Wales Haiku Journal, Prune Juice Journal, Poetry Pea Journal, and other publications and has been nominated for the Touchstone Award and the Pushcart Prize. Kimberly also pens sequences, linked-verse poetry, haibun, and a bit of prose. Photography is another hobby. Kimberly recommends the Assistance League of Austin.

Jerome Berglund 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, Kingfisher, and Presence. His first full-length collections of poetry were released by Setu, Meat For Tea, Mōtus Audāx press, and a mixed media chapbook showcasing his fine art photography is available now from Yavanika. Jerome recommends the National Lawyers Guild.