Awake before sunrise,
I begin my morning chores
to the sweet sound of silence,
the day’s cacophony yet to begin.
JDG
Category Archives: poetry
Selective Timing
Tiny bits of green
peek out from outstretched branches
testing if the time
is right for them to spring forth
and grace us with their presence.
JDG
Hello And Welcome To All
Woodpecker pecking
enthusiastically at
the start of a brand new day
JDG
This Aging Business
This aging business
can be tough, but
with several ungentle
reminders I’m learning
to mind my own business.
JDG
Reunion
Knox gleefully barks,
“I thought Pax was a goner,
but the boy’s come back.”
JDG
Brief Stopover
A solitary
raven sits on the porch rail,
dines, looks around and then leaves.
JDG
Now What?
Leaping ahead can
feel great until you realize
you missed the good parts.
JDG
Evening Dramatics
A moment ago
a mother deer and her fawn
dashed across the lawn
pursued by the moon’s slow rise
and an owl’s questioning cry.
JDG
Rural Romance
The newly born calves
capture my grandson’s heart as
he drives slowly past.
JDG
Nonnegotiable
Noisy morning
with the wind shouting at trees,
“I’m not a blowhard!”
JDG
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