Author Archives: Joan

Fresh Start

Like wild berries,

translucent raindrops hang from

Japanese maple.

It’s amazing what finding

 new environments can do.

                                                        JDG

The Only Constant

Content,

even with the weather,

as I drive through the rain

this gray February morning.

~

Later the sun 

ignites the land

bringing unexpected warmth.

The only constant is my content.

                                                    JDG

Knox’s Not-So-Gentle Nudge

Whining doesn’t work

so I try a few sharp barks.

Maybe she’ll look up

and see this sunny day is

ripe with possibilities.

                                               JDG

Worth Noting

Woke up this morning

to the beauty

and the bother

of the falling snow.

Decided to focus 

on the beauty

and ignore

the bother.

By early evening

both had mostly

slipped away.

                       JDG.

 

Until

We take for granted,

the beat of our heart, in-breaths

and out-breaths until

we’re challenged and gratitude

for those life rhythms flows forth.

                                                       JDG

Sound Paintings

Greeting the morning:

the clamor of geese,

the complaining of crows,

the cooing of doves –

such different takes on the same day.

                                                            JDG