Friday, November 30, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
LINES FOR NOVEMBER 29
Big river,
bluff at the edge
of water,
darkness at the edge
of desire.
Here,
the curve of road.
There,
a shuddering.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“The poem
is made
of eye
and ear
and little
bits of
heart.”
*
“Wisdom
like leaves
blown off
the trees.
Why do we
hope for
more?”
*
“The line,
yes -
always,
somewhere,
the line.”
Saturday, November 24, 2012
from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“Everything
I say, I've said.”
*
“Empty cup,
poet,
morning.”
*
“Even
the hard
lessons are
blessings.”
Friday, November 23, 2012
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
LINES FOR NOVEMBER 20
Dead red-
tail along
the road -
I saw
you dead on
Friday;
I see
on Sunday,
you, still.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Sunday, November 18, 2012
from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“It's as
easy as
driving off
the road.
Here, you
try it.
Write a
poem.”
*
“Poets, the truth!
You can't be
making stuff up.”
*
“Form is
nothing more
than a cup
for coffee.”
Saturday, November 17, 2012
from
THE OLD POET SAYS
"The line wisdom makes
is never straight.
The shortest distance
is experience."
*
“How many
poems
should one
write,” they
wondered.
“Only
one,” he
said, “the
one you're
sworn to.”
*
“Poem,
a candle
in the night
until
the wind.
O, wind.”
Friday, November 16, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“Your poetry -
not the words,
the quality
of your attention.”
*
“Hurry
all you
want -
I will
still
see you
in hell.”
*
“Ah, the poem – one half the
conversation with yourself.”
Saturday, November 10, 2012
from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“Leave out
everything
and if it's
a poem,
it will still
sing.”
*
“I could,
if I choose to,
write
this morning.
I could
choose silence.”
*
“Yes, the poem
will tell you
what it wants.
You have to
listen.”
Friday, November 09, 2012
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Monday, November 05, 2012
Sunday, November 04, 2012
from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“In poetry,
money is not
the measure.
Stop acting
as if it is.”
*
“Poems
on the radio
this morning -
what, have I
risen in
an alternate
universe?”
*
“Where
a line
breaks
makes
or breaks
the line.”
Saturday, November 03, 2012
from
THE OLD POET SAYS
“Busy poet,
blind squirrel
looking for
a nut.”
*
“In the right
light non-
sense makes
sense.”
*
“One trick, if
the poet could
do it, would
be plenty.”
Friday, November 02, 2012
Thursday, November 01, 2012
