Left to their devices
folks can communicate
with distant others,
some of whom
they’ve never met,
and ignore those at home.
JDG
Category Archives: poetry
Visitors
You’re glad to see them come
and you’re glad to see them go.
The same can be said
for this lingering snow.
JDG
No Rest For The Wicked
Squirrels soon learned
there’d be no pause
though the ground
was covered in snow.
Once the door opened,
Kxox bounded forth
eager and ready to go.
JDG
Southern Grace
In Virginia,
even the snow has manners.
It falls gently
as if apologizing
for the inconvenience
~ Hanna Lange
Morning Walk
In a show of white,
the snow stops us in our tracks,
asks us to take in
the beauty of the moment,
the vast expanse of time.
JDG
Welcomed Interlude
Treasuring quiet
moments before the chaos
of another storm begins.
JDG
Pluses and Minuses
Numb fingers, numb toes,
but fortunately the mouth’s
still able to lodge complaints.
JDG
Saying Goodbye To Say Hello
Learning a new way
of living when you’re deeply
entrenched in the old
is like moving to an unknown
country with only a map.
JDG
January Joy
Sun paints the landscape
with a golden brush
as birds vie for a place
at their breakfast table
and Knox, looking puzzled,
searches the snow covered ground
for his favorite sticks.
JDG
Togetherness
Red cardinal, gray day.
Blankets of white, bluest of Jays.
Energetic dogs, sleepy cats.
Dancing fire, falling snow.
Young adults, old me.
January symphony?
JDG
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