They must be a courting couple,

those two brown cranes

having a heated discussion

while in flight. Let’s hope

once they’ve aired their differences,

they’ll kiss and make up.

JDG

Still in diapers

my friend’s great grandson

won’t be stopped.

His secret powers?

Determination with a dash

of  cleverness, laughter,

and humorous circumnavigation.

JDG

Minutes and miles

slowly pass as I travel

through several states to

share memories, stories, laughter,

and time with a dear friend

of over six decades.

JDG

Not so far from home

a rooster crows,

claiming responsibility

for the rising of the sun.

JDG

All that glitters

may not be gold,

but those fireflies

 arouse memories

of friends and jars,

blinking gold lights,

warm summer nights,

JDG

Distracted by internal ramblings,

she failed to see the sunlight

glittering on the sycamore tree,

to smell the honeysuckle,

to hear the crow’s caw.

It makes you wonder

why she took that afternoon walk.

Was it just to get in her ten thousand steps?

JDG