Thursday, May 23, 2019

TOM MONTAG ~








Don't Say Tree






Don't say tree --

say maple



and locust

and oak. Say



red-breasted

grosbeak and



indigo

bunting. Say



cumulus

and horsetail.



The river

has a name.



Say it. Each

green thing does.



Don't say weed

or flower --



say creeping

charlie. Say



peony.

Say maple



again, oak,

loust, elm,



and jackpine.

say beauty



by its name.



_____________________

Tom Montag
Seventy at Seventy
MWPH Books
2019