Thursday, August 03, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (534)
MUSIC'S NOT
Music's not the only reason
to get up in the morning
but it's one of the good ones,
the old monk said.
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IT GETS
It gets to the point sometimes
you revise it before you write it,
the old monk told the poet.
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I'VE WRITTEN
I've written so many poems
even God is tired of it,
the old monk admitted.
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (533)
IF NO ONE
If no one speaks
your language
you're talking code,
the old monk said.
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O, MISERY
O, misery,
what you want
is a red-headed girl
and what you've got
is a blonde,
the old monk said.
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THE THING
The thing about water is
it knows where it goes when
it's gone,
the old monk said.
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (532)
LISTEN
Listen to your instrument,
it will tell you what to play,
the old monk said.
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YOU WANT TO
You want to wobble
before you fall --
it softens up the ground,
the old monk said.
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YOU CAN'T
You can't
have what
you don't,
the old monk said.
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Monday, July 24, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (531)
FLOW AND OIL
Flow and oil
don't rhyme,
but they could,
the old monk
told the poet.
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WHEN THINGS
When things rhyme
it's like a bell sounding,
the old monk said.
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FIND THE PLACE
Find the place
on the mountain
where you are
best. It's not
the same for
two of us,
the old monk said.
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Sunday, July 23, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (530)
PUT THE BEAT
Put the beat
on important words
and pound it
into them,
the old monk told the poet.
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THERE IS
There is the beat
and the off-
beat and two, three, four,
the old monk told the band.
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IF YOU'RE SPINNING
If you're spinning a lot of saucers
you don't want to be bothered
is how I understand it,
the old monk said.
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Friday, July 21, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (529)
EMBARRASSMENT
Embarrassment
is the fool's charm,
the old monk said.
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YOU MAY SPEAK
You may speak with the dead
but don't be telling them stories,
the old monk said.
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WHEN THEY TAKE
When they take you
by the hand, that
means something,
the student told
the old monk.
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Thursday, July 20, 2023
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (528)
NO MATTER
No matter how far
off you go, you
have to know the beat,
the old monk told
the guitar-player.
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IF WHAT
If you have to look for
wisdom,
you won't ever
find it,
the old monk said.
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PATTERN IS
Pattern is there
in all things --
you just have to
see it,
the old monk said.
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