insect rattling
in tree memory
of scared snake
insect rattling
in tree memory
of scared snake
wings
rattle the leaves
cicada husk
Poet Patricia Smith on how to write a poem:
The process is first: get the story down. That might involve writing that looks like stream of consciousness, or like a big block of prose. And the second thing is language, and that’s when I get closer to saying, OK, this is ready. If I’ve heard it before, I take it out.
and…
You’re trying to upend expectations for the poem, from both the reader and from yourself.
and…
you work through it; then you figure out how to crack the rules a little bit.
do it the opposite of the way you’ve always done it
leaf pile
jumps with my footfall
mimicked rattle
leaves stir
bird chirp through
cicada drone
big screen tv waits for the bus
I just love to paint dust
Michael J. Mooney, the article’s author, with a lovely addition
capture the luminescence of everyday things
Good advice for poets, especially crafters of haiku
dead spiders
in the mixing bowl
a scuttling
under the table
thunder
mountains
layered / stacked
into the clouds
worm drops in
sound of distant boat motor
bobber
lone tree
in storm cloud covered field
heat dome
cyclist rides in to the lightning
backroad church peeing boy statue giggles
first firefly
a spark floats skyward
before the rain
cow
shits
a mountain
give it rest
watch the rain
mulch the clippings
let it cure
blue tailed skink
down
brick wall
up
blue tailed jay
lizard
on the brick wall
humidity forecast: oppressive
paradiddle precipipalpitation
butterfly
a blue jay fallen plum
from peach tree
over felled oak
rolled fire in waiting
for the rain
to hose down
tender heads blooming
in the yard
prune the overgrowth