With a touch of yellow,
a splash of orange,
a bit of red,
Autumn prepares
a colorful cape
for trees to wear
before the coming
gray of winter.
JDG
Author Archives: Joan
Finding Sanctuary
When stressed out
let’s turn in
and find sanctuary,
naming
what we’re grateful for.
JDG
The Call Of Home
Off a curving country road
a round house sits,
encircled
by a softly curving porch.
In the gray mist
a mourning dove coos,
offering comfort
in curves and gray.
JDG
Fall Tonic
A bracing blend
of cool breeze
and bright sunlight –
trees shiver
with delight.
JDG
Please
Lying there
on the crisp white sheet,
the poem silently pleads,
“Come fill me with your breath.
I’m lying here, alone, unread.”
JDG
The patience of ordinary things.
Thought you would enjoy this poem by Pat Schneider posted at purplerays.wordpress.com
It is a kind of love, is it not?
How the cup holds the tea,
How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare,
How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes
Or toes. How soles of feet know
Where they’re supposed to be.
I’ve been thinking about the patience
Of ordinary things, how clothes
Wait respectfully in closets
And soap dries quietly in the dish,
And towels drink the wet
From the skin of the back.
And the lovely repetition of stairs.
And what is more generous than a window?
“The Patience of Ordinary Things” by Pat Schneider
Art: Tori Avey
Text and image source: _/_Peggy @ ECUMENICUS https://www.facebook.com/326734894393/posts/10158650195879394/
Gentle Flirtation
The morning grass greets me
with a thousand winks.
I smile and wink back.
JDG
A Lifetime Of Trying
One minute I arrive, the next minute
I depart. I’m
trying to
lengthen
the
time
I spend
with my best
self before my
less-than-best self carries me far away.
JDG
Firewater
As evening falls,
the sun sets
the pond aflame –
elemental
drunkenness
JDG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Now you are robed,
not in black,
but in shining light
reflecting back to us
the light that resided
within you
and in your actions
on our behalf.
JDG
With deep gratitude
