Friday, August 29, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 29 



Riding
a bullet train of
light

across
the Nebraska
night.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Thursday, August 28, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 28 



Clouds the shape
of western sky.

Somewhere
there are mountains.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 27 



Out here,
where the wind

has a clean
run at

nothing.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 26 



The rolling
green holiness

of high summer -
the moisture

and wind,
the humming

oneness.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Monday, August 25, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 25 



Oh, these
trees, the green

fields, the liquid
blue sky,

the sun!



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Friday, August 22, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 22 



So far from home.
The wind

my only companion.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Thursday, August 21, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 21 



A broad-winged bird
resting on the wind.

How will I stay
ahead of the rain?



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 20 



Evening sun
on the hawk's

belly like fire.
Wind in his

razor eyes.
Below him

in the tawny
grass, something

moves, but not
for long.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 19 



Windflower,
hawk, my brother

with the stuff
of rock

in his wings.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Monday, August 18, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 18 



A land so
cross-grained

only the
fences know

what they
keep in,

what they
keep out.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Friday, August 15, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 15 



Wet crows
on a wet

morning -
they have

nothing
to say

and will
insist on

saying it.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Thursday, August 14, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 14 



Something rising with
a fish in its talons -

always a good omen.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 13 



All the morning
crows, lifting the edge

of night. A wash
of eastern sky,

almost light,
not yet fire,

but you know
it's coming.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 12 



Hawk's lazy circle -
I make my way home.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Monday, August 11, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 11 



The wheat
stubble glows

in the late
sun.

Doesn't mean
much,

but it's
lovely.

That's enough
for me.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Friday, August 08, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 8 



Such a morning -
coffee, rain, and
poetry, and it's

only just begun.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Thursday, August 07, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 7 



The sky
clears – now

happiness
is easy.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Wednesday, August 06, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 6 



It's not
an either/
or day -

the sun
comes up
and still

it rains.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Tuesday, August 05, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 5 



Wind came through
hard – I see

that now. It
is written

in the trees.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Monday, August 04, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 4 



Sandhill cranes
so close

to the road -
if I gave them

a thumbs up,
they could

take it.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Friday, August 01, 2014

LINES FOR AUGUST 1 



Boys running -
ah, run

while ye can!



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

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