Seeing he didn’t
want to rally and walk, she
lured him with a treat.
He grabbed it quickly and ran
leaving her with leash in hand.
JDG
Category Archives: tanka
In Surgery’s Wake
No deep insights or
mystical revelations –
just overwhelming
gratitude and a taste of
profound peace – more than enough.
JDG
On My Better Days
On my better days
(moments really, days being
longer than I can
manage) I can move beyond
myself and find my way to you.
JDG
Knee Surgery Reflection
Not the swiftest of
folks, I was “kneedled” into
learning the pleasure
of minimalism and
its simple truth: less is more.
JDG
One Man’s Apple Is Another Man’s Onion
If I didn’t know
better, I’d think The Onion
had been hired to
write the text for this chapter
in our nation’s history.
JDG
December, 2016
No rush, no bustle –
just a healing holiday
where what was broken
is made new and a grounded
spirit soars with calm delight.
JDG
Unexpected Arrival
Sometimes when pen is
put to paper, we’re taken
beyond where we meant
to go and we can’t pretend
not to know what we now know.
JDG
Now And Forever
How quickly days change –
grey to gold to grey, then back
again. Neither gold
nor grey can stay, no matter
what those lazy pundits say.
JDG
Settling
Letting the quiet
settle into my bones this
morning. Preparing
for the noisy day ahead,
I watch my breath rise and fall.
JDG
Autumn Protest
Some trees raise their limbs
in fiery protest. Who
could possibly call
them mute when, after all, they
gave their blazing best to Fall?
JDG
