Friday, January 30, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 30 



All night long,
trees weaving
the wind.

In his bed,
my father,
coughing.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Thursday, January 29, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 29 



Wind.
The rustle

of leaves.
Trees

sharing
the news.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 28 



Half in darkness,
half in light -

the old man's sorrow.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 27 



Sleep, old friend,
I have not

seen you for
such a while.

Stop here and
stay a spell.

We have so
much catching

up to do,
you and I,

before the
morning comes.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Monday, January 26, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 26 



Low-down crows
hold back the wind.

Desire is such an
imagined thing.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Friday, January 23, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 23 



The small
sorrow

of morning -
another

day like
other days.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Thursday, January 22, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 22 



Smudge of moon
like a dusky

thumbprint on
the western sky.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 21 



Sky high rhymes
and you

wonder why.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 20 



Low morning.
The long lay

of shadow.
Where light

touches, nothing
of night.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Monday, January 19, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 19 



Rise
of sky and

smell of
cattle

not
far off.

What
we wish

for is
too often

what
we get.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Friday, January 16, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 16 



Sky
sliding

from west
to east

and hiding
the horizon.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Thursday, January 15, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 15 



Shimmer
of leaves,

of wind
and light

in the trees.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 14 



Sandhill cranes
settling so

delicately
onto the field,

like kites,
but lighter.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 13 



No hawk at the river.
No poem, either.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Monday, January 12, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 12 



Same road,
different day.

Is there
anything

new to say?



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Friday, January 09, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 9 



Evening is as
composed

as a well-turned
sentence;

gloom is the dense
subject,

which darkens
the predicate.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Thursday, January 08, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 8 



Hawk hides
in green,

nearly
unseen -

bit of
sun on

its red
tail gives

the game
away.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Wednesday, January 07, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 7 



Those houses
all in a row -

will anyone
ever say

“That's where
I grew up,

that's my home!”



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Tuesday, January 06, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 6 



Under blue
sky and sun

the woman
waters

her flowers
again.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Monday, January 05, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 5 



All day racing
the darkness -

I can't win,
can't break even.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Friday, January 02, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 2 



Clouds
at

the western
edge

of sky.
Sun high

just after
noon. Wind

whistling
a low-down

tune.
I have

nothing
I need to

do.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

Thursday, January 01, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 1 



All day, wind,
doing and

doing in.



# posted by Tom Montag @ 4:30 AM

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