: school sign robotics: park in back
: do not listen to want and need but must
: rounds of oak still dusted in snow
: the air the apps promise snow
: literature of horses braille of shit on the street
: make it work ⤵️ make it work better ⤴️
: bird feeder discarding the shells of last year
: bird feeder sorting through last year’s shells
: forked lightning tree branches throwing gang signs
: candle flame shadow black hole in the glow 🕳️
: listen to what your body isn’t saying
: follow the well-worn path for a bit
: through the fog funereal pyres clear cut
: In a poem you’re hoping that every word can mean multiple things. -Pádraig Ó Tuama
: carve a path in the leaves in the wind
: mosey to the tick of your own clock
: take a journey without moving
: pick a route after you’ve begun
: pick the low-hanging fruit discard
: trace the path of the falling leaves
: mosey in the muse’s footsteps
: make the prototype now you’re done
: seed the clouds of your mind
: create a name more baroque than the artifact
: knock on the moon transcribe the echo
: start in the middle end at the beginning
: step back another step again
: shellac a secret until opaque
: carve a door in the mountain
: ramshackle fence on the other side morning mist
: golden hour sun s_l_anting through rain curtain
: cast a line see what reels in
: empty shopping cart rolls across the parking lot ghost hand
: find the thread that connects everything pull
: follow the line you are drawing
: turn a sentence into a novel. turn a novel into a sentence.
: invert reverse turn inside out mirror
: I love this haiku writing prompt from Joshua Gage. It gives Austin Kleon vibes. Paraphrasing: …
: pick off a side shoot propagate it
: the slow moving branch a rat snake
: stop sign poles tied together spider silk
: getting carded buying a can of air
: move the first to last and the last to first
: prune the low-hanging branches
: bejeweled pile of shit lazy butterfly wings
: dreaming of rain receding water line
: lure the fish without catching
: cicada song swelling in the trees docks rock
: cool whip clouds cows seek shade summer’s return
: between the trees tall grass red metal rectangle
: yield to the signal welcome in acceptance
: mortared groove dragonfly belly up sun beamed dust cloud
: roadside side road floating flame dancing in August sun
: chase the strange at the center of the ordinary
: what’s the fractal of the seed?
: kicking up dust on the interstate shoulder dump truck race
: re-form re-form re-form re-form
: truck towing truck towing truck
: today’s breaking news: lemonade is now permanent
: what’s in the morning? what’s in the morning? bloom on a bare stem
: heavy air the air, heavy a Vegas spread between feels like and is
: the late July sun a brief cloud full late July sun
: the heat of summer a rainstorm the heat of summer
: remove the wall. sit on the rubble.
: peach branch —heavy— bent to grass finally, rain
: cut it in half. repeat. repeat. repeat. continue.
: shades of green a Miyazaki scene of layered trees
: aim for the reluctant bullseye
: what’s the well worn soul truth?
: toasted marshmallow from the storm cloud lightning
: sound of jet skis but only waves
: dusk glide turns to blur little brown bird
: waterfall a trickle horses graze
: tomato cages overgrown dragonfly hovers
: days teasing rain dead flowers
: Babies of Rust transcription error turned band name
: birds flit across the field where kids play
: leaves bounce in the breeze praying mantis
: oven glow tractor lights first firefly
: wall of cloud sudden craving for s’mores
: land levee one side: water other: tree tops
: bouncing jet ski fox on the beach
: lake ripples before holiday chop
: blue: ridge haze heron’s nest
: air heavy floral pop up storm
: tractor at the stop sign in the trees excavator
: branch heavy with leaves and peaches both green
: cardinal in spring lawn bloodied knuckles
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: from shadow curse hands in the sun
: two birds on a white— squirrel!
: “…the afterburner” & they took off into the sky & flew that boat home
: describe the call of the silent song bird