Johannes S. H. Bjerg

Penguins / Pingviner is a bilingual series of haiku centered around ... penguins. Here penguins can be seen as metaphors or real beings either mingling with society as a whole and its mechanics or as World saviors and upholders of the spiritual welfare of the World. Beacuse of their seemingly un-individial appearance they can also play the role of the uknown forces of this World. Johannes S. H. Bjerg is a Danish writer concerned about what haiku is in the 21. Century and which directions it can take to reflect the conditions and lifes of people in the modern age.