Sunday, November 10, 2013
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Beware
the poem
trying to
sell you
something.
Free will
donations
are welcome,
of course.”
*
“Syntax
without verbs -
the poem
likes its
chances.”
*
“Trust the poem
or your own
sense of things?
The true poet
trusts the poem.”
Saturday, November 09, 2013
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Ah, the old poet.
You don't want him
to come too soon.
You don't want him
to come too late.
But you do
want him to come.”
*
“Even as we
say it, sometimes
we don't know
what we mean.
This is as
it should be.”
*
“This poem, art
which disappears
into dark water.”
Friday, November 08, 2013
LINES FOR NOVEMBER 8
Thursday, November 07, 2013
LINES FOR NOVEMBER 7
Another red-tail,
another edge
of another
community,
hawk waiting
the end time,
its pale mate
nearby, watching
a farther distance.
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
LINES FOR NOVEMBER 6
Shine of steel
on the railroad tracks
races me in the car.
We're evenly matched
until we cross paths -
then I win.
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
LINES FOR NOVEMBER 5
Monday, November 04, 2013
LINES FOR NOVEMBER 4
Sunday, November 03, 2013
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Imagine
money being made
in poetry.
Better yet,
imagine
rain, and with it
a crane, an egret.”
*
I am
a simple-
minded
poet -
only
one trick
at a
time, if
that.
*
“Nothing -
not enough
and too much.”
Saturday, November 02, 2013
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Now
we need
then,
and then,
now.”
*
“The old poet -
you might lock him
in the closet
but you can't
shut him up.”
*
“Always more
is not enough.”
Friday, November 01, 2013
LINES FOR NOVEMBER 1
