Jeff Ingram

Jeff Ingram teaches creative writing at two local colleges and works on his organic garden. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Kim.

Most recently, Jeff has been published in Akitsu Quarterly’s Spring 2022 and Modern Haiku’s Autumn 2022 editions. He also has had a piece selected for publication in bird whistle: A Contemporary Anthology of bird Haiku (title subject to change) through bottle rockets press in 2023. As for inspiration, he spends time revisiting Issa in A Taste of Issa and has recently finished a wonderful read, eggplants & teardrops, by Aaron Barry.

seed library is Jeff Ingram's fourth microchap collection.

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► Jeff's microchaps & selected poem(s) are available below. Click Title to download the one-page PDF 'micro'.

Origami Microchap		Selected Poem(s)
seed library
Click Title to download PDF Cover: sod image from internet •	greenhouse dream wake up soaked newly seeded bed earthworms rise to the occasion slug tentacle no bones about it moonlit on the tips of chopsticks leopard slug collared collard	primeval atom caterpillar wriggles out cowslip as in moo moo stretch of trees where space escapes strawberry moon occasional star we just count the lucky ones solstice celebration digging up parsnips	burlap sack potatoes don a onesie pull tight crisscross braided garlic gourds strung for drying a bit Blair Witch happily donate these heirlooms seed swap seed library spirit of spirits here before • Jeff Ingram © 2022
moon gardening
Click title to download PDF microchap Cover: Moon Conjure by Lauri Burke	still in our lean-to first light caulks the seams on the scale this morning just me --- tomato bends her ear folk wisdom ready for a nice soak scarified seed lips still touch upside down bats in love	puff the smoker emotes rooftop beehive’s delight black bear tough guy act goes out the window frozen pond skating Saturn’s rings --- moonrise the urge to carve a notch into bone phases change again today moon gardening shoulders speak for themselves last of the radishes	the uphill climb to find it downtime lavender patch somewhere back here nerves go lax --- sweet earth her story takes ceramic form greenhouse lullaby I cover seedlings for the night • Jeff Ingram © 2020
enjoying the soil
Click title to download PDF micro Cover collage by Jan Keough •	daybreak’s crawling glaze time changes color the sky opens a kettle of hawks spill out she snips a fern fiddlehead curled just so --- parched garden lettuce lives but just each step forward enjoying the soil	dancing bee one abbreviated language she longs to speak a catbird gives its best Joni Mitchell right back --- wings folded the painted lady prays a jay away last night's rain azures sip our muddy reflection flooded field two mallards make do	tap at the greenhouse door a cat wants in first frost last ripe tomato she eats outside --- chickadees speak faint puffs of steam inside a greenhouse snowflakes land above us. • Jeff Ingram © 2018
harmless poses
Click title to download PDF microchap Cover art: scene changes by Jan Keough * Every Origami Microchap may be printed, for free, from this website. •	open tent flap invites dawn inside out back a toad and I greet each other, the rain - - - fish he chooses to speak then listen to crayfish backpedal divine the current’s music before a pond stocked with koi the heron genuflects	geese claim the lot’s last open parking spot first road trip wearing socks she wore yesterday inside-out - - - not thinking touching larkspur with her lips oak’s pulse he seeks through a stethoscope	harmless poses paper skeletons dangle from branches - - - still dark she skis the streets before plows come around • Jeff Ingram © 2016

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