Tuesday, December 31, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 31
Monday, December 30, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 30
Sunday, December 29, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Say the words
and the words
say themselves.”
*
“What to
believe
but what
the sun
shines on.”
*
“Not how
to break
the line,
how it
breaks it-
self.”
Saturday, December 28, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Poet's choice -
always all
or nothing.”
*
“Sometimes
the opposite
is what
I know.”
*
“Two fingers, three,
to count the beat.”
Friday, December 27, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 27
Thursday, December 26, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 26
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 25
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 24
Monday, December 23, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 23
Sunday, December 22, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Guilty
as charged.
Every day
I slaughter
innocent
poems.”
*
“Wisdom and pain
sometimes rhyme.”
*
“Follow the poem
til something
finds you.”
Saturday, December 21, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“The poet's
failure -
some days
we wake
and some
we sleep
right through.
Who knows
the difference?”
*
“Poetry -
of eye
and ear,
not
meaning.”
*
“You ask
the poet,
as if he
would know.”
Friday, December 20, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 20
Thursday, December 19, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 19
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 18
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 17
Monday, December 16, 2013
LINES FOR DECEMBER 16
Sunday, December 15, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Words
are the only
universe
they inhabit.”
*
“The poem will
turn on you.
That is its
nature.”
*
“You would
race me,
friend?
To what
end?”
Saturday, December 14, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Yet.
Yet
not.”
*
“Enough
sometimes
is really
enough,
though we
seldom
see that.”
*
“Spare word,
spare us
the whole
system.”
