School starts back – yes, I
know it’s August and early.
It’s a real test to
continue my practice, but
I will do my best to pass.
JDG
Category Archives: tanka
In Between on Day 16
Like any practice,
spiritual, physical, or
mental, some days are
easier than others. This
one fell somewhere in between.
JDG
Fitness Slog – Day 13
Some days I have to
grit my teeth and carry on.
Maybe with practice
I can leave off teeth gritting
and simply carry on.
JDG
Saving Grace
Heading for the beach,
the five of us – three teens, one
midlifer and one
geriatric – lucky for
me, they’re all on their cell phones.
~
Tomorrow we’ll be
joined by one more teen and two
very young adults.
I’ll do then what any wise
elder would do – sip some wine.
JDG
Curtain Call
After the sun slips
beyond the horizon, but
before starlight fills
the sky, we stand and listen
as then and now and when call.
JDG
And On Day 6
I know it’s not all
in my mind, but still I find
it strange, that in so
few days, with so little work,
I feel a whole lot better.
JDG
Journey Begun
It wasn’t something
I planned to do, but I may
have finally stumbled
(some would say I was guided)
toward a path that I can walk.
JDG
Homecoming Delayed
“If you were in your
body, you’d be home by now”
that bumper sticker
said, which probably explains
why I’m neither here nor there.
JDG
Summer Woes
“Sweltering” doesn’t
begin to cover it, and
who needs covering
anyway on a day as
incredibly hot as this.
JDG
In The Beginning
Every successful
leap forward starts with a step
back, first to survey
what is and then to open
heart and mind to what could be.
JDG
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