Wednesday, August 31, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 31

Crush of the clouds,
an oily wind -

all we would
abandon

breaking in.


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 30

The grey
underhandedness
of things

this dull day.


Monday, August 29, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 29

Enormous wind,
come all the way
from the mountains.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS


"Sometimes the poem
comes so clear and

sometimes I haven't
the slightest clue."

*

"Line breaks
where the
language

bends back."

*

"More and more
I live

in my head,
less and less

in this
sorry world."

Saturday, August 27, 2011

THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS


"What? You are
going to use
my poems

against me?"

*

"This poetry -
like a squirrel leaping
tree to tree,

sometimes you catch it,
sometimes it catches you."

*

"Why do I
keep notes on
what I see?

Reader,
for thee."

Friday, August 26, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 26

Dandelions like sun
splotched on lawn.


Thursday, August 25, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 25

Take this
moment -

it's all
you have.

Now take
this one.


Wednesday, August 24, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 24

Dust like a veil,
and then the rain.


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 23


Storm coming -
a bully wind

bringing rain.

Monday, August 22, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 22



Soybeans turning
like the season.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS


"Speak, darkness.
Silence does not

become you."

*

"Poet of the
ordinary?

Of what else
could I sing?"

*

"Love nothing
without

wings to flee."

Saturday, August 20, 2011

THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS


"Some have more words
and some have none.

I am blessed with
lack of excess."

*

"Rhythm of the line -
if you can't hear it,

don't bother counting."

*

"Driving
the big storm -

no time
for crows,

no time
for poetry."

Friday, August 19, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 19

Black bird
drops like a rock,

lights gently
in sudden

loveliness.


Thursday, August 18, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 18

Cap of crow
on the telephone pole,

cap of blue sky
on the crow.


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 17

Blaze of white
birds in the sun,

blue sky
behind them.


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 16

Sun like a hand
against the barn,

yet the soothing
touch is never

enough for such
an ache of wood.


Monday, August 15, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 15

Four crows.
Stiff wind.

Where are
they going?

Nowhere,
again.


Sunday, August 14, 2011

THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS


"Enough storm
to keep the crowd down

is all we ask, Lord."

*

"You don't like it
and you think that
should make me stop?
Hoo-hoo, now that's
a good one."

*

"It's there.
It's right there.
Wait for it.

Ah!"

Saturday, August 13, 2011

THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS



"How do you
know when to start?

How do you
know when to stop?

Why choose
the words you choose?

Is there more to
it than that?"

*

"Don't make the mistake
of thinking you're there simply

because you're not here."

*

"No verbs and
no need for them

in this world."

Friday, August 12, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 12

Whitecaps
on green
water.

The sky
flat with blue
and grey

and wind
undoing
the day.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 11

Wind like a wall
to lean against

again. You must
push to stay still,

your head down like
a humbled man's,

your heart quickening.


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 10


Push.
Push some
more.
Break

the door.
Enter
the darkened
room.

Hope
that where
you've come
is home.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 9


Wind the color of dust.
Sky the color of wind.
Light the color of sky.

Breath, a surprised sigh.

Monday, August 08, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 8


The under-
layment
of wisdom

is silence.

Sunday, August 07, 2011

THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS



"Sometimes
it gets better, and

I gain hope
only to be

disappointed
again."

*

"Travel the hard
slow road."

*

"Admire your work
but don't linger

long with it.
Sunrise resets

the counter."

Saturday, August 06, 2011

THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS



"Silence
is delight.

Here's some."

*

"No, I beg to
differ, officer -

it is not
inattentive, but

very attentive
driving."

*

"There's always a way
to say it, if that's

what you want to say."

Friday, August 05, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 5


Enough crows
on the ball diamond

for a game to go
extra innings.

Thursday, August 04, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 4

Summer. Empty
shell of a school.


Wednesday, August 03, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 3


Ha, Big Bird -
cranes!

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 2


How would we live
without the bees?

Ah, the sweet bees!

Monday, August 01, 2011

LINES FOR AUGUST 1


High summer
days. Moisture

in the air
like dust.

Nowhere I'd
rather be

than here
with you.

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