TANKA

John Vukmirovich

A week of storms broke the drought, the rain fell in sheets, gusts, whispers. One night, the air mud thick, fireflies lit up the yard with their dance.

JOHN VUKMIROVICH is an independent scholar, freelance writer, and book reviewer. In 2000, he earned his PhD in English from Loyola University Chicago; his dissertation was on Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. His note, “Crossroads of the Imagination: A Possible Musical Origin for the Character of Jupiter in Poe’s ‘The Gold-Bug,’” appeared in the summer 2016 issue of The Journal of American Folklore. His book reviews have appeared in the London-based Times Literary Supplement and The Journal of American Studies. He has also published numerous op-eds in The Chicago SunTimes on educational, environmental, and economic issues. His poetry has appeared in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and Presence, among others.