Jeff Nesheim

Jeff Nesheim is a poet writing in Denver, CO, and the author of Overseeing the Downfall (Word Poetry Books, 2020), which was a finalist for the New American Poetry award and is his first collection. Jeff’s work has appeared in the journals Big Muddy, Straight Forward, Evening Street Review, Typishly, and many others. He has lived in in seven states, has a day job in education technology, and an MFA from Bennington College. (www.jeffnesheim.com)

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► Jeff Nesheim's microchap & (selected) poems are available below. Download the PDF by clicking the title.

Origami Microchap with Selected Poems

Code Poems

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Jeff Nesheim CVR Code Poems 2026 APR

Cover: Original photos by author

/*
Comment:
In the last half of the twentieth century,
small lines of codes changed the world.

“Hello World” introduced
generations to coding in C, in 1972.

Ethan Zuckerman created the first
pop-up ad in the mid-‘90s.

Proportional Fair Scheduling made
Modern cellphone networks possible in 2003.

The transparent, one-pixel tracking pixel
was introduced in 1993.

Grace Hopper invented the compiler, allowing
English-based programming languages in 1952.
*/

Hello World

main () { printf(“Hello, world\n”); }

It’s early and there is yard work

when he throws open the curtains
and tears off the comforter.

I am naked and curled small.

There is potential.

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