Thursday, October 31, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 31
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 30
A red-
winged fury
attacks
the hawk,
sets him
back -
you've
done that,
when what
you wager
is all
you'll ever
gain.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 29
The day always bends
back on itself.
Night always comes
to night again.
A thousand rehearsals,
ten thousand more,
every one like every one
that ever came before.
No complaints, though, for
when you've stopped rehearsing
you're carried out the door.
Monday, October 28, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 28
Sunday, October 27, 2013
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“If dead
poet's could
speak,
would they?”
*
“Words
are all we have
against
the silence
of the dead.”
*
“If not
the sear
of this
moment,
then
nothing.”
Saturday, October 26, 2013
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Everything
you do
is on
the way to
what you're
going
to do.”
*
“Old sick poet -
how bad can it be?
It can be pretty bad.
I don't do sick well.”
*
“Old sick poet -
tired and glad to be
headed home.”
Friday, October 25, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 25
Thursday, October 24, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 24
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 23
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 22
Monday, October 21, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 21
Sunday, October 20, 2013
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“A bad start -
don't try to
light it
when you can't
find the fuse.”
*
“Writer's block -
flint
in the lighter,
no fluid.”
*
“Old sick poet -
I have the heart
for writing, but
don't have the juice
today. I've been
sick.”
Saturday, October 19, 2013
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“You, too, could
write poetry
if it was
all you
thought about.”
*
“If you have to
worry about
word choice, you
have more problems
than I can
help you with,”
*
“Train on the sidetrack.
Poet with nothing to say.”
Friday, October 18, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 18
Thursday, October 17, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 17
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 16
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 15
Monday, October 14, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 14
Sunday, October 13, 2013
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“The poet's cupboard -
nothing there
when you get there.”
*
“These
crooked
lines.
Nothing
is straight
as it
appears.”
*
“The cool
morning air.
The joy
of being
alive
still. The
old poet
gives thanks.”
Saturday, October 12, 2013
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“A poem is
like the scab
that forms
where you've pulled
off your skin.”
*
“The poet's
empty mind.
A bus
that doesn't
go downtown.”
*
“The old sick poet
tries to bribe
the nurse
for a cup of ice,
death
with a poem.
Not much luck
with either.”
Friday, October 11, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 11
Red-tails across
Kansas, evenly
spaced as far as
the eye can see,
respectful each
of the other, each
perched at an edge
all its own.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 10
Wednesday, October 09, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 9
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 8
Monday, October 07, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 7
Sunday, October 06, 2013
FROM THE OLD POET SAYS
“These words
shape themselves.
I push, they
push back.
When
finally
I let go,
they fall
in place.”
*
“A few
words you
need to
chew -
the poem.”
*
“Is this
how one
should spend
himself -
tiny
words and
tiny
poems,
every
moment
only
inches
from death?”
Saturday, October 05, 2013
FROM THE OLD POET SAYS
"Happy fools!
We do our
best when we
don't know what
we're doing."
*
"Blessings
you don't
recognize
your only
complaints."
*
"Fool poet,
you talk too much
of silence."
Friday, October 04, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 4
Thursday, October 03, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 3
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 2
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
LINES FOR OCTOBER 1
