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“The Old Monk Poems”
When the angel is at your door you don't say, Wait, the old monk said. ~
from
“The Old Monk Poems”
You sneak into silence -- you don't let the screen door bang, the old monk said. ~
from
“The Old Monk Poems”
The last one always wants it the fastest, the old monk noticed. ~
Tom Montag’s books of poetry include: Making Hay & Other Poems; Middle Ground; The Big Book of Ben Zen; In This Place: Selected Poems 1982-2013; This Wrecked World; The Miles No One Wants; Imagination’s Place; Love Poems; and Seventy at Seventy. Two new collections, The River Will Tell You and Maybe Holy: Six Old Monk Poemsare forthcoming. His poem ‘Lecturing My Daughter in Her First Fall Rain’ has been permanently incorporated into the design of the Milwaukee Convention Center. He blogs at The Middlewesterner. With David Graham he recently co-edited Local News: Poetry About Small Towns.
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