I get still and ask myself
what wants to have its say today.
I get still and wait
’til with a start, I awake…
The body had its say.
JDG
Author Archives: Joan
Drive and Learn
My two granddaughters solved
all the world’s problems
on our drive back to college.
Surprisingly, they didn’t want
my wise input on such weighty matters.
JDG
Walk And Wonder
How many times has my life
been filled with light
from an unknown source
as was my walk this morning
before the sun slowly revealed itself?
JDG
Knox And This Strange World
Knox looked up at a falling leaf
as a plane passed overhead.
He looked puzzled
as if to say,
“I didn’t know leaves could roar.”
JDG
October Perfection
The whitest of clouds,
the bluest of skies, mirrored
in stillest of ponds –
the air, neither hot nor cold,
smelling of harvested hay.
JDG
Futility
Looking for answers
when we haven’t bothered to
form a real question.
JDG
Strange Interlude
Feeling younger now,
as though I’ve retrieved
a quality of energy
I unintentionally
left behind, an unexpected
circumstance at almost seventy-nine.
JDG
Driving Home
Late evening, headed west
toward the bright magenta sky.
Red sky at night is
not only a sailor’s delight,
but also mine.
JDG
The Further Adventures of Knox
The saga unfolds
in the life of playboy dog Knox.
He met Lolly at the dog park,
and Molly eagerly awaits
his return home.
JDG
It’s A First
They sized each other up,
Knox and that young deer, then,
much to my surprise,
Knox decided it was best
to leave well enough alone.
JDG
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