Every once in a while I like to remind you faithful Perpetual Birders that Tom Montag is out there, writing little infinite poems* like this one. Enjoy!
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* Apologies to Lorca, whose “Little Infinite Poem,” in my humble opinion, is not so little and really not so infinite as Tom’s.
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
Heh, the Zen Book of Big Ben, Joe, that's a good one.<br /><br />Ed, I agree that rejection is never an issue for the poem. Tho sometimes some of us forget that this is all about the poem, not about us.
I'm working on The Zen Book of Big Ben, all about that Limey clock tower. Here's one:<br /><br />BONG . . . and I woke up<br />quite peckish, wearing the Queen's<br />pale pink pillbox hat<br /><br />But seriously, Ben Zen is a boon companion. Everybody would be better off knowing him….
yeah<br /> The Big Book of Ben Zen<br /><br />where<br /> any-one word is a book<br /><br />( I just sent PW a few new pieces with the note:<br /><br /> "rejection is never an issue"
Thank you, Joe!<br /><br />I have been away from home much of the summer and through September caring for my father, who is ill; I get home only a few days every two weeks and put up a big batch of poems, but this past week the little infinite poems hadn't been pre-posted and I didn't have access to a computer. Ack. So I am now making up for lost time.<br /><br />It was probably in
YEAH<br />&<br />wracking my bran for<br /> where DO I know Tom from?<br /><br />where do I KNOW anything from?<br /><br />maybe Lillieput? maybe Phyllis' Hummingbird…<br />I have a book of his 'round here somewhere..<br /><br />Big Ben's Zen and something else….<br /><br />now?<br /> back to watching<br />Seven Years in Tibet<br /><br />and proofing ARS POETIC HER<br