Cicadas of the 10th Brood by John-Michael Bloomquist

Cicadas of the 10th Brood

by John-Michael Bloomquist

hush · issue 6

Visual poem: Cicadas of the 10th Brood—DC, 2021 by John Michael Bloomquist, page 1 of 4. A concrete poem with words scattered across the page in varied indentation, spacing, and alignment. Visual poem: Cicadas of the 10th Brood—DC, 2021 by John Michael Bloomquist, page 2 of 4. A concrete poem with words scattered across the page including fragmented vertical text arrangements. Visual poem: Cicadas of the 10th Brood—DC, 2021 by John Michael Bloomquist, page 3 of 4. A concrete poem with words scattered across the page in varied indentation and spatial arrangement. Visual poem: Cicadas of the 10th Brood—DC, 2021 by John Michael Bloomquist, page 4 of 4. A concrete poem concluding with words arranged in a vertical lightning-bolt formation.

John-Michael Bloomquist

John-Michael Bloomquist lives in DC with his wife, son, and their needy black cat, Zbigniew Herbert the IX. He is the author of Rocket Celestial (White Stag, 2023). He was an editor of Poems from the Jail Dorm. He has been published in Heavy Feather Review, The Michigan Quarterly Review, Third Coast, and many others. www.john-michaelpbloomquist.com.