Sometimes everywhere
we turn, we are turned away.
If the universe
has a plan, it would help if
we could be kept in the loop.
JDG
Author Archives: Joan
Not By Choice
I am enrolled in
a remedial course in
patience in hopes that
after eighty years I might
learn something at last.
JDG
Defying Darkness
Defying darkness,
fireflies sub for stars on
this cloud-covered night.
JDG
Telling Time
There’s a time to
say your piece
and a time to
hold your peace.
Simple awareness
helps us piece together
genuine peace.
JDG
Natural Discourse
As I sit looking out
across the yard, watching
cardinals debate with jays
as squirrels interrupt
with pressing matters
of their own, I smile.
There’s no place
I‘d rather be than here…
a silent participant.
JDG
Half-hearted Pheonix
From the chaos of
multiple moves, order starts
to slowly emerge –
a messy process singed by
inner and outer burnings.
JDG
A Healthy Exchange
“Ouch,” her body said
and this time her heart helped
her mind to listen
and a three-way conversation
began without fear or judgement.
The body relaxed, the mind grew still,
and caring action was taken.
JDG
The Puzzle Of Aging
How can I be feeling blue
when all the kids are
waiting on me
to do whatever
they’d like me to?
JDG
Stand Off
Knox and deer lock eyes.
Neither one moves. They just stand…
just stare. Minutes pass
until squirrel breaks their trance
and Knox is off and running.
JDG
Scorched Earth
He was told there was joy
among the ashes,
but all he got
when he looked
was burns.
JDG
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