Sun-kissed hills of frost,
watchful trees starting to blush –
Autumn love story.
JDG
Category Archives: poetry
Tonglen Gone Awry
I breathe in her choice
of loud, discordant music
and breathe out judgement.
JDG
A Thorny Matter
May we remember the hands that reach for
the rose and may
we protect
them from
thorns.
JDG
A Novel Proposal
May we blend rhyme with
reason and have compassion
this harsh election season.
JDG
The “Then What” Of Climate Change
When we only care
about getting to the top,
we’re not ready for
climb-it change. What if when we
get to the top, nothing’s there?
JDG
Road Signs
Right before the road curved,
the sky was filled with gold.
Although I couldn’t linger,
that golden image could.
When I arrived home
I was rich with memory
of a golden moment
on life’s curving road.
JDG
Intersection
A bit of blue peeks through
a sky covered
with slow-moving clouds
of dingy white and gray.
I catch a glimpse
of what lies beyond,
a constancy
that will see me through.
JDG
