Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“So, yes, this
is what you
do – you put
down one word,
another.”
*
“Everywhere
or nowhere -
somewhere
the poem.”
*
“On the
mountain
can you
see the
mountain?”
Saturday, May 26, 2012
THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“Isn't measuring
so exactly
a certain sign of
insanity?”
*
“They come on
when I can't
turn them off.”
*
“Insist on chewed
language. People
your poems. Strike
every third word.
Hope no one's
watching.”
Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“Pick
with care
or swing
wildly.
Which
gets you
what?”
*
“Why, I'd
be honored
if you'd
steal some.
Go ahead.
There's more
where they
come from.”
*
“So many.
So much.
Such as
it is,
they are.
Words.”
Saturday, May 19, 2012
THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“Writing these
particulars
into the great
scheme – that's what
poets do.”
*
“Learn it.
Learn to
make it.
Learn to
break it.
Break it.
Make some-
thing of
the break.”
*
"Afraid to fail,
you won't succeed."
Friday, May 18, 2012
LINES FOR MAY 18
How many
birds on the wires?
How many
notes in the melody?
How soon
the great emptiness?
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
LINES FOR MAY 15
Corn beyond the line marking
the beginning of the West -
“What's the matter with you people?”
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS
"Not poems,
but raw
notes
for poems."
*
"Words
do what
words do.
Things
do more."
*
"How do you
think of these
things," they asked.
"How do you
not," he said.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS
"To get there,
stay here."
*
"The wise man
knows enough
is plenty."
*
"The fool knows
all the ways
to nowhere."
Friday, May 11, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Monday, May 07, 2012
Sunday, May 06, 2012
THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS
"Sometimes the only
thing I have is
nothing to say."
*
"Take only
what you're
offered.
Need isn't
greedy."
*
"Nothing
is enough
sometimes.
Isn't it
foolish
to want
what you
don't need?"
Saturday, May 05, 2012
THREE from
THE OLD POET SAYS
"Use it or lose
it and sometimes
it doesn't matter
what you do."
*
"Poet - not
a career,
a way of seeing."
*
"Where's the roar
of the crowd when
the poet throws
a perfect game?"
Friday, May 04, 2012
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
