Joy lights up her face
and illuminates the night.
Moon and stars rejoice.
JDG
Happy Earth Day!
I wanted to share with you Mitch Teemley’s Earth Day thought.
Here’s a thought:
This year for Earth Day,
instead of giving our planet a Present
Let’s give it a Future
Coloring Outside The Lines
Past resentments fade
and current irritations
vanish as I step
outside. A field of tiny
buttercups colors my view.
JDG
Still We Try
The solidity
of nouns, the fluidity
of verbs reflect a
mystery words can only
approach but never capture.
JDG
Grandmotherly Advice
You have a bad rep,
sweet dandelion. You should
not make yourself so
available. Playing hard
to get is a better bet.
JDG
photograph by Kali Wells
(my granddaughter)
Questions For Bob
The answers, indeed, may be blowing in
the wind, but two
big questions
remain –
from
whence
does the
wind blow and
what will we do
once we hear those answers that the wind brings?
JDG
Can You Hear Me? – guest post by Dakota Wells
Can you hear me?
Are my words reaching you
or are you too in tune with your iTunes
to reach out to the person next to you
and have a meaningful conversation?
The people before us believe we are a generation
marked by false connection
that is isolation and emotional repression
in 140 characters or less.
We have become obsessed
with fame and fortune,
proving to ourselves we are the best
though the lens of a camera
and the approval of others
instead of truly connecting with each other.
I am a goth, a witch, a child.
Most of the time my temperament is mild,
but when I see people who would rather
connect to a charger than a person,
I can’t help but want to scream
for the death of connections we’ve lost,
where human connection is paid as the cost
for a good wifi signal.
So I ask you,
Can you hear me?
Dakota Wells
(my granddaughter)
