My two granddaughters solved

all the world’s problems

on our drive back to college.

Surprisingly, they didn’t want

my wise input on such weighty matters.

JDG

Knox looked up at a falling leaf

as a plane passed overhead.

He looked puzzled

as if to say,

“I didn’t know leaves could roar.”

JDG

Late evening, headed west

toward the bright magenta sky.

Red sky at night is

not only a sailor’s delight,

but also mine.

JDG

The saga unfolds

in the life of playboy dog Knox.

He met Lolly at the dog park,

and Molly eagerly awaits

his return home.

JDG

They sized each other up,

Knox and that young deer, then,

 much to my surprise,

Knox decided it was best

to leave well enough alone.

JDG

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It might take some searching,

but if adversaries 

can find some good

in each other,

that’s a start.

JDG

Goldenrod invites

the trees to a game

of match my color.

Some respond,

leaf by slowly turning leaf.

JDG

Pink clouds, emissaries

of the rising sun, 

 blushing witnesses to

the early morning goings-on

of birds, deer, Knox and I down below.

JDG

Year after year they mow

those bachelor buttons down

and year after year

those hearty fellows return –

a lesson in resilience.

JDG

It’s folly to think

our minds can solve

all of life’s problems.

Sometimes we must listen

to our foolish hearts.

JDG