In consideration

for all the work it has done,

I’ve decided to give

the vacuum cleaner a rest.

                                                JDG

A poem accepts

a heart that’s empty,

a heart that’s full,

that which pushes,

that which pulls,

a lot of words,

or just a few.

A poem opens itself to you.

                                                  JDG

Soon we’ll be dancing

with the angels, Cummings said.

What present will we

 leave behind?

                                                           JDG

( In memory of Elijah Cummings,

a statesman who walked the talk )

 A minor inconvenience 

for some of us,

but parched flowers,

shrubs and trees,

( and even those

we call weeds )

drink deeply today

from Nature’s

rain-filled cup.

                                               JDG

Clinging to nothing,

she moved effortlessly

through time and circumstance

until she was snagged

by a thorny thought.

                                                          JDG