Author Archives: Joan

I Pause And Ask

As Autumn’s golden

light filters through the changing

leaves, I pause and ask,

” Is any light filtering

through a changed and changing me.”

                                                        JDG

Of Rocks And Rivers

Like a river

deals with a rock,

I’m learning

to deal with

obstacles.

The river doesn’t

protest 

the presence

of a rock, 

 nor does it let it

stop its flow.

It  works with 

and around

 what is there.

                          JDG

 

 

 

 

Autumn Shift

A yellow leaf drifts

slowly to the ground

as a mourning dove

flies upward to the trees –

a moving passage.

.                                      JDG

Listener’s Choice

Strangely,

the steady fall

of raindrops

satisfies my  longing

for a lyrical Autumn

and I dance 

to a different beat.

                              JDG

 

 

Whispers

I thought I heard the trees

whispering among themselves:

“What humans really need

is a vaccine

for stupidity.”

                                               JDG

The Hills Of Home

These rolling hills

cradle my heart

no matter the season.

I fall asleep each night

wrapped in gratitude.

I wake each morning

with a hymn of praise,

I go through my day held

by these rolling hills of home.

                                                 JDG