Thursday, September 23, 2021
THREE OLD MONK POEMS (15)
HOW TO WRITE
How to write poems,
the old monk said --
ask the weeds to
show you their flowers.
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WHEN YOU START
When you start
out late,
the old monk says,
sometimes the mountain
is dark before
you get there.
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AIR IS TO
Air is to wind
as water is to river,
the old monk says,
as breath is to poem.
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