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English haiku compares a register to common poorwills
The haiku published for October 13, 2026, was written by Jerome Berglund of Louisiana, in the United States.
It reads: “something in my register / common poorwills.”
Dhugal J. Lindsay selected the poem.
A poorwill is named in the haiku, but no further context about the bird or the poem is provided.
The selection is part of a series presenting haiku in English.
The published item gives no additional details about the poem’s meaning or the selection process.
Jerome Berglund of Louisiana, USA, wrote an English-language haiku comparing a register to common poorwills.
The haiku reads, “something in my register common poorwills.”
Dhugal J. Lindsay selected the poem.
Mainichi EN published it on October 12, 2026, under a date of October 13, 2026.
- Who
- Jerome Berglund wrote the haiku. Dhugal J. Lindsay selected it.
- What
- An English-language haiku compares a register to common poorwills.
- When
- It was published on October 12, 2026, and dated October 13, 2026.
- Where
- The author is identified as being from Louisiana, USA.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Author
- Jerome Berglund
- Author's location
- Louisiana, USA
- Selector
- Dhugal J. Lindsay
- Publication
- Mainichi EN, October 12, 2026
- Date shown with haiku
- October 13, 2026
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