Wednesday, June 16, 2021
NEBRASKA SANDHILLS (12)
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
NEBRASKA SANDHILLS (11)
Monday, June 14, 2021
NEBRASKA SANDHILLS (10)
These are not your
Sandhills to write
about, the wind
tells the poet.
The poet doesn't
listen to the wind,
but to the stars.
Sunday, June 13, 2021
TEN OLD MONK POEMS (19)
IT'S NOT WHAT'S
It's not what's
in the basket
that's important,
the old monk says.
What's important
is that you
bring it.
~
SEE HOW I DO THAT
See how I do that,
the old monk said,
directing the sunset.
It's all in the wrist.
~
IT DOESN'T MATTER
It doesn't matter
how you die,
the old monk says.
When you're dead,
you're dead.
~
YOU THINK ABOUT
You think about funerals,
of course you see darkness,
and the darkness sees you,
the old monk said.
~
PUT IT THERE
Put it there, the old monk said,
if that's where you want to put it.
I understand he bites.
~
YOU WANT MORE?
You want more? More?
the old monk said.
Then you carry it
up the mountain.
~
THERE IS SOMEWHERE
There is somewhere
an angel, whether you think
you need one or not,
the old monk says.
~
ALL THE THINGS
All the things you want to say
you don't say outloud,
the old monk says, is what
marks you as a wise man.
~
THAT'S THE WAY
That's the way it is
in the monastery,
the old monk says,
biscuits and gravy
every day
for breakfast.
~
IF I COULD
If I could I would
sell you a dozen more
at half the price,
the old monk said,
but I have to
make a living.
~
NEBRASKA SANDHILLS (9)
Saturday, June 12, 2021
NEBRASKA SANDHILLS (8)
Friday, June 11, 2021
NEBRASKA SANDHILLS (7)
Thursday, June 10, 2021
NEBRASKA SANDHILLS (6)
