Plants, bushes, and trees

 soak themselves in rain’s liquid joy,

but Knox? … not so much.

JDG

Those hearty squirrels 

bravely scarf down the pepper

spiced seed meant to deter them:

all nine of them , tails curved,

leisurely chomping away.

JDG

That adventurous,

tiny snake came through the vent

on the floor, but when

my granddaughter spotted her,

she quickly whisked her out the door.

JDG

As I reflect on

the many mistakes I’ve made,

the reflected moon

dances across the pond,

inviting me to take my reflections

and learn to dance to

the irregular beat of this imperfect life.

JDG

You’d think by now those owls

 would have an answer to their

repeated question of wh0

and at least move on to ask

where, when, how, and why.

JDG

I’m not trying to

reenact my walk at two

but at eighty-three

what can I do?

JDG

Sometimes it’s fast-acting –

a random bit of bird song,

a glimpse of doe and fawn.

Sometimes it takes a while

like the slowly rising sun

or the emerging bud or leaf,

but nature never fails to ease

life’s inevitable aches.

JDG