Friday, May 30, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 30
Man of few words
says a lot -
flick of his eyes,
a nod, the voice
of his silence
tells what is and
what is not.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 29
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 28
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 27
Monday, May 26, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 26
Friday, May 23, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 23
Thursday, May 22, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 22
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 21
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 20
Monday, May 19, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 19
Sunday, May 18, 2014
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Sometimes nothing.
Sometimes the same thing
over and over.
Sometimes something comes
that's new. New!”
*
“Poet-
ry – not
what we
see -
that we
look.”
*
"The poet, patient as a horse
pawing at winter pasture."
Saturday, May 17, 2014
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“When you can tell
you've got something
and you can tell
it's right, then you
know you're a poet.”
*
“The proper
slosh
of sound
and sense -
a poem,
or half
at least.”
*
“Wait for it.
Wait
for it.
Wait for
it.
Have you
got it?”
Friday, May 16, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 16
Thursday, May 15, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 15
"Hey, how are you
this morning?"
a fellow says.
He's got his coffee.
I grunt at him.
I'm still getting mine.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 14
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 13
Monday, May 12, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 12
Sunday, May 11, 2014
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
These
small poems, sometimes
too much.”
*
“Not so much
what's there
as where
you stand,
friend.”
*
“Sometimes wisdom
is not enough.
Sometimes you need
a hammer.”
Saturday, May 10, 2014
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Poet,
listener
to listening things,
singer
of the old songs.”
*
“The poet
ringing silence
like a bell.”
*
“Poet's payment -
some take money;
some would have
the stars.”
Friday, May 09, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 9
Thursday, May 08, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 8
Out here in Kansas,
to tree or not to tree,
that is the question,
whether water can meet
the meager need.
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 7
The Grand River
in Iowa is
a meager,
gravelly thing.
Why must the name
bestowed be inverse
to the actual
thing named?
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 6
Monday, May 05, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 5
Sunday, May 04, 2014
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“If at first,
then again.”
*
“Teaching
the old poet
new tricks?
Ha – good
luck with that.”
*
“Why lines?
Because we are
singing things.”
Saturday, May 03, 2014
THREE from THE OLD POET SAYS
“A poem
is what
a poem
is, both
wave and
particle,
like light.
Reach out!
Reach out,
touch something.”
*
“Do not want
so much
for nothing.
That, too,
is a sin.”
*
“How little
is too much,”
the poet asks,
and answers
with a poem.”
Friday, May 02, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 2
Such color
in the tawny grass,
as if the sun
paints it, paints it,
paints it more,
taking my breath
to make the sheen.
Thursday, May 01, 2014
LINES FOR MAY 1
