Friday, May 29, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 29

"How," they asked.
The poet said,

"You take great
batches of

nothing and
squeeze til you

hear what it
whispers."


Thursday, May 28, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 28

"Do these words
just come to
you," they ask,

"or do you
have to
beckon them?"

The poet says
"Yes," or
the poet says

"The poet says
Yes."


Wednesday, May 27, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 27

"How many
there are,"

the poet
says,
"is

how many
there is.

That's it.
Get over it."


Tuesday, May 26, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 26

"It's this
simple,"

the poet
says.

"You put
your hand

to it,
and if

it doesn't
kill you,

you get to
keep it."


Monday, May 25, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 25

"The more
I try

to tell
the world,"

the poet
says,

"the more
my thick

skull shows."


Friday, May 22, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 22

"Words, too many
words," the poet

says, "like a swarm
of bees. If they

were bees, they'd make
honey; instead

it's buzz buzz buzz."


Thursday, May 21, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 21

"Always
best,"

the poet
says,

"to say
less,

when you
have

that choice."


Wednesday, May 20, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 20

"Yes,"
the poet says,

"it's
like a cat

stepping
carefully."


Tuesday, May 19, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 19

"The other half,"
the poet says,

"is sometimes
conversations

God needs to
have with me."


Monday, May 18, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 18

"No, I don't
know where they
come from,"
the poet says.

"I find them
as you would
apples
in a tree."


Friday, May 15, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 15

What a wonder,
to come home

and find that it fits.


Thursday, May 14, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 14

The fall of green
night in the chill.

Hours til morning
changes everything.


Wednesday, May 13, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 13

Daylight.
Fisherman's sky.

Liar's wind.


Tuesday, May 12, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 12

New day.
Something

is torn loose,
something

newly rooted.


Monday, May 11, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 11

Spring
comes and goes.

Water
runs from
snow

to ocean, to
cloud, to rain.

The sky
remains.

Sun
and stones

stay
the gathering

still-
ness.


Friday, May 08, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 8

The drab field
in spring sun,

a promise of
things to come.


Thursday, May 07, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 7

Ah, the trees,
the damn-fool trees –

they hug
the earth, reach

for the stars.


Wednesday, May 06, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 6

There are more birds
than poems, always

more birds than poems.


Tuesday, May 05, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 5

Mist on the windows.
Mystery in the morning,

that we wake at all.


Monday, May 04, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 4

With every breath
the green air.


Friday, May 01, 2009

LINES FOR MAY 1

Flowers along the road
like a morning storm.


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