Wednesday, July 31, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 31
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 30
Monday, July 29, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 29
Sunday, July 28, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“The poet's
fondest
hope and
greatest
fear - to
run out
of paper.”
*
“You might
write
at ninety
m.p.h. but
you can't
re-write.”
*
“The poet's challenge -
the wind, driving
with both hands
and writing.”
Saturday, July 27, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
"Enough," he said,
and laid his pen.
The silence
was lovely.
*
"I'd have
more to say
if I didn't
have so much."
*
“Zero
counts for
one, and
one counts
too.”
Friday, July 26, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 26
Thursday, July 25, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 25
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 24
Mud or dust.
Wind in trees or
on the grass.
Here or there,
green or sere,
such a place
as sticks to us
and won't let go.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 23
Monday, July 22, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 22
Sunday, July 21, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
"We see
what we
expect
to see.
What
I see
is poems
waiting."
*
"We
believe
what we
believe,
whether
it's
what we
see
or not."
*
"Do,
but don't
overdo."
Saturday, July 20, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Poet, practice your craft.
The day will come when
we have to say something.”
*
“If poets
could sing,
do you really
think there'd be
poetry?”
*
"Ah, poetry!
The quick
silence,
eternity."
Friday, July 19, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 19
Thursday, July 18, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 18
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 17
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 16
Monday, July 15, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 15
Sunday, July 14, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Morning.
Poem,
black coffee,
half a conversation
with God.”
*
“How easy
is it
to keep
writing
and make
no sense?
Not so
easy
as it
looks!”
*
“Line break cracks
like the whip
tip flying
faster than
speed of sound.”
Saturday, July 13, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“When you can
let it go,
then it's yours.”
*
“Run
enough
stuff
through
the machine
that
makes poems,
you'll
get
surprised.”
*
“When once a poem
bends your ear,
you can never
hear the same.”
Friday, July 12, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 12
Thursday, July 11, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 11
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 10
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 9
Monday, July 08, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 8
Sunday, July 07, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
“Why
hurry
when
we all
end
in
silence?”
*
“The play of
childish poets -
making their
words new.”
*
“Secret
of the
poet -
not to
care
so much
it
hurts.”
Saturday, July 06, 2013
from THE OLD POET SAYS
"The important half
of what you say is
what you don't say.”
*
“The poet
spends
his life
looking
for one
word, the
right one.”
*
“The poem -
not only
the moment,
its ripeness.”
Friday, July 05, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 5
Thursday, July 04, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 4
Wednesday, July 03, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 3
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
LINES FOR JULY 2
Monday, July 01, 2013
