It might be hunger

or pure cussedness that drives

that squirrel to dangle

and try to reach their treat, but

those birds dive and say, “No way!”. 

                                                                        JDG

If you don’t dot each 

and every “i”, the police

of punctuation

will charge you with negligence

or maybe reckless writing.

                                                                         JDG

With each passing year

I hope to become more like

the jeans I love to

wear – comfortable, long lasting,

and well, but gently, worn.

                                                               JDG

Our ever-present

cell phones connect us to what’s

not here, allow us

to escape the tedium

and wonder of the moment.

                                                          JDG

If we let in warmth

and light, frozen minds could thaw

and icy hearts melt.

Informed compassion could flow,

rivers of connection form.

                                                                  JDG

Sitting in silence,

I wait for inspiration 

to come, but after

awhile I’m forced to see

she wants nothing of me.

                                                JDG

Outside things are slowed

as the falling snow blankets

the landscape in white.

What we do with the inscape

is completely up to us.

                                                           JDG

Too much light can blind,

too little and we can’t see.

In between too much

and too little there’s a world

full of possibility.

                                                         JDG

This old dog has a

really hard time learning new

tricks. The metric system 

is hard enough, but now there’s

all this non-binary stuff.

                                                                 JDG

Preparing to go

on diet seven thousand

and thirty two at

the start of the new year. As

they say, hope springs eternal.

                                                        JDG