Chose not to labor today,
but Knox insisted
we take the time to smell
what to him were roses,
but to me? …I’d rather not say.
JDG
Chose not to labor today,
but Knox insisted
we take the time to smell
what to him were roses,
but to me? …I’d rather not say.
JDG
I look out the window
to an ever-changing view
as I muddle my way
toward meaning and find
my windows to the world expand.
JDG
The rising sun calls.
The gentle breeze beckons.
Knox gives me a nudge,
suggests we say yes.
Feeling outnumbered, I
join them for a walk.
JDG
Watching the birds feed
nourishes my spirit, lifts me
from the doldrums, lets me fly.
JDG
Knox invited the lost dog
to hang around, much to
the cats’ despair
and the owner’s relief.
JDG
Contest between sun
and clouds today, but right now
it’s too close to call.
JDG
Gently falling rain
kisses the open lips of
late summer’s waiting flowers.
JDG
It’s seven A.M. and I’m still in bed
when the chorus of lamentations begins.
Pitiful whines and anguished meows
rapidly rise to a grand crescendo.
There’s only one way to bring
this opera to a close and that’s
to rise and fill their food bowls.
JDG
Knox surveys garden,
newly mulched, decides it needs
sticks to be complete.
JDG
Small satisfactions
grow in importance as we
grow less ambulant.
JDG