what is this? some poems I like and maybe some inspiration for your writing fuel

today is a good day to prune to encourage growth

Now for some poems I like

what is this? some poems I like and maybe some inspiration for your writing fuel

write about what this image triggers, or: is something missing?

Now for some poems I like

haiku by Dustin Hackfeld

A twilight of grackles—
the old gate swings
in the autumn wind

i spontaneously started a new daily(ish) hi-q project last month after seeing a bunch of cool clouds in the, here is the full cloud-ku run

but before we get to this special edition e-zine, two things:
1. a new hi-q run kicks off today, you can follow along on the blog
2. i’m selling a limited typewritten edition of a minimal poem in honor of the season, you can get yours here

now, on to the cloud-ku!

what is this? some poems I like and maybe some inspiration for your writing fuel

write about what this image triggers, or about how your heart is a burning brand new toy, or about the burning brand new toy of your heart

Now for some poems I like

floating
on a fog of exhaust
dead onyx pearl suv

summer rain
an iced knife through
hot butter

Love 8:12
open the door
of forever change
…
psychedelic pill
in the pepper mill

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎

I quite like the poem Door in the Mountain by Jean Valentine

white
of a snake belly
on asphalt

chicken bird
fossil feud
flying through
the hand drawn archives
of and child like curiosity

an amazing solo snare drum performance

rolling over the tracks
rain
trains
clouds

branches
once bare
soften under spring sun

petals popping open
riot of roadside color

buds
redden
the depth of field

double taking
fake fly
in death repose

spring blues
the bird empties the feeder
the bird, the empty feeder

leaves rippling
reflected sunlight
water feature?

cast off
mirepoix under
the coffee grounds

shadow boxing
box’s shadow
unflappable

hawks hover above
clouds heavy
with promise of rain
//
gray clouds
heavy with rain
hawks hover above

birds
sing home
the stars

baseball bat song
in the red bud
breeze

spring arrives
to find
what the birds
left behind

the eyes
through other eyes
lane shift

in the rain
pear blossoms
in the squirrel’s stomach

pumpkin patch
in the sourdough
soda bread

prismatic cloud
changing light
and clocks

traincar
loudly announcing
its corn products

63 feet
of mixed messages
big rig

the weight of water

roadwork signs
like wildflowers
in the scrub

watching for brake lights
the groundhog
looks on

the drone of
insects and fan through
winter window

the air
blows a different season
into the room

amidst the whirlwind
bird watching

light and sound
show through the flat glass
cord cutter

heat
but for a second
then lingers

bowl stained
the colors of sunset
frozen beets

seeing landforms
in the sky

seasonal crossfade
nostalgia mix

tracks
signal blinks the backbeat
arms up

last night: fire
today: smoke
siren song

the many masks
of deflection
worn

lines
the only thing in the sky
other than the fog

like droplets
the petals on the ground
red

last year
still
in the soil

the field
a pond
rutted

swerving to miss
the squirrel
unmoved

a kerfuffle
a winged rustle
a stillness

the door
heaving
on quiet paws

mesmurmuration
of arcing star winged
lightning