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J.I. Kleinberg


Desperately

found words on white and tan paper torn and placed on sage green paper. the result reads: Desperately seeking a / New / approach, / freedom, / unconditional / the speed of light / is currently / enough
paper collage with found words, 5.5″ × 4.25″


inequality

found words on white paper torn and placed on sage green paper. the resulting poem reads: inequality / feeds on / extremes / falsehoods / spread / hate / harrowing / history / aug- ury / of the / abolition of / freedom.
paper collage with found words, 5.5″ × 4.25″


the aftermath

found words on white paper torn and placed on sage green paper. the resulting poem reads: the aftermath of / menace / television serenading / danger / together / with the / disappearing / freedom to / differ
paper collage with found words, 5.5″ × 4.25″


to begin anew

found words on white paper torn and placed on sage green paper. the resulting poem reads: to begin anew / allow the trees / to sing / bamboozle / salvage / time. / the / freedom to / think / just   Don't think / It's impossible.
paper collage with found words, 5.5″ × 4.25″

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J.I. Kleinberg lives in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Her work has been published in print and online journals and anthologies worldwide. Chapbooks of her visual poems, How to pronounce the wind (Paper View Books) and Desire’s Authority (Ravenna Press Triple Series No. 23), were published in 2023; a full-length volume, She needs the river (Poem Atlas), was published in 2024. Additional chapbooks include The Word for Standing Alone in a Field (Bottlecap Press, 2023) and Sleeping Lessons (Milk & Cake Press, 2025).


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