The gift of today
often
goes unopened
because of
closed minds and hearts.
JDG
Author Archives: Joan
Behold The New
If we surrender
our perception of how things are
and how they should be,
we enter the realm
of uncomfortable uncertainty
and fresh possibility.
JDG
For Your Consideration
Now that we have time
to smell the roses, will we
complain they’re not gardenias?
JDG
Interspecies Observations
Undeterred by the gently falling summer rain,
they went about their day.
They didn’t wait for the perfect moment,
those hummingbirds and mourning doves,
cardinals and chickadees,
sparrows and jays.
They rested, sang, fed, and flew.
One glanced at me through the window,
cocked its head as if to say,
“What’s with you?”
JDG
Light Rain Falls
Light rain of hope falls
on dusty souls offering
them replenishment.
JDG
One Of Those Days
I look to the sky, hoping a poem will
parachute down
and hit my
page, but
no
not
today,
not like that
anyway. I
look to the ground, but no sprout can be found.
JDG
Quite The Trip
I want to get off
the negativity train,
but it’s moving fast
and slows for no station.
“Who’s the engineer?” I ask
and am shaken to hear,
“Why it’s you yourself my dear.”
JDG
Upon Awakening
No breeze, just a strange,
almost breathless stillness this
hot August morning.
JDG
Soul Music
It may take a lifetime
to create a vital harmony
among our disparate parts,
but it’s worth trying for.
JDG
Master Meditator
The embodiment
of relaxed focus, my cat,
inside, surveys the squirrels.
JDG
