Now that the cold’s come

I’d like to reconsider

my former complaints.

Let’s let bygones be bygones

and invite the warm days back.

                                                                                         JDG

A flurry of snow –

kids’ and parents’ hearts both miss

a beat on the kids’

first day back at school, but for

very different reasons.

                                                                                 JDG

Though the evening stars

beckon and the moon invites,

on cold nights like this

I would prefer not to be

on the outside looking in.

                                                                              JDG

Before the sun has

risen, they have. These kids, who

seldom stir themselves

when school’s in session, leap to

greet said sun this Christmas break.

                                                                                                JDG

 I’d like to say there’s

 a time for every season

 under heaven, but

what’s with this year’s  strange WinSpring 

thing when we could have some snow?

                                                                                                                                   JDG

When profundity

lies out of reach and even

the mundane retreats,

it’s time to set pen aside

and dance to a different beat.

                                                                                                         JDG

Whoops! It seems there’s been

some confusion this Christmas

and the reindeer have

somehow strangely morphed into

some very unwelcome rain, dear.

                                                                                                            JDG

December family

birthday party – a happy

  celebration of

 presence and the present, 

a feast of laughter and tall tales.

                                                                                              JDG