Friday, January 30, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 30 



All night long,
trees weaving
the wind.

In his bed,
my father,
coughing.



Thursday, January 29, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 29 



Wind.
The rustle

of leaves.
Trees

sharing
the news.



Wednesday, January 28, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 28 



Half in darkness,
half in light -

the old man's sorrow.



Tuesday, January 27, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 27 



Sleep, old friend,
I have not

seen you for
such a while.

Stop here and
stay a spell.

We have so
much catching

up to do,
you and I,

before the
morning comes.



Monday, January 26, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 26 



Low-down crows
hold back the wind.

Desire is such an
imagined thing.



Friday, January 23, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 23 



The small
sorrow

of morning -
another

day like
other days.



Thursday, January 22, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 22 



Smudge of moon
like a dusky

thumbprint on
the western sky.



Wednesday, January 21, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 21 



Sky high rhymes
and you

wonder why.



Tuesday, January 20, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 20 



Low morning.
The long lay

of shadow.
Where light

touches, nothing
of night.



Monday, January 19, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 19 



Rise
of sky and

smell of
cattle

not
far off.

What
we wish

for is
too often

what
we get.



Friday, January 16, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 16 



Sky
sliding

from west
to east

and hiding
the horizon.



Thursday, January 15, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 15 



Shimmer
of leaves,

of wind
and light

in the trees.



Wednesday, January 14, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 14 



Sandhill cranes
settling so

delicately
onto the field,

like kites,
but lighter.



Tuesday, January 13, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 13 



No hawk at the river.
No poem, either.



Monday, January 12, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 12 



Same road,
different day.

Is there
anything

new to say?



Friday, January 09, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 9 



Evening is as
composed

as a well-turned
sentence;

gloom is the dense
subject,

which darkens
the predicate.



Thursday, January 08, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 8 



Hawk hides
in green,

nearly
unseen -

bit of
sun on

its red
tail gives

the game
away.



Wednesday, January 07, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 7 



Those houses
all in a row -

will anyone
ever say

“That's where
I grew up,

that's my home!”



Tuesday, January 06, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 6 



Under blue
sky and sun

the woman
waters

her flowers
again.



Monday, January 05, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 5 



All day racing
the darkness -

I can't win,
can't break even.



Friday, January 02, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 2 



Clouds
at

the western
edge

of sky.
Sun high

just after
noon. Wind

whistling
a low-down

tune.
I have

nothing
I need to

do.



Thursday, January 01, 2015

LINES FOR JANUARY 1 



All day, wind,
doing and

doing in.



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