Weighing my options,

wanting to get it right, but

can’t see the future.

JDG

When days are crowded

with things to do, we need to

take time to just be.

JDG

I can’t feel poor when

there’s this scattering of gold –

Autumn’s yearly gift.

JDG

Going with the flow

is fine unless you’re headed

for a waterfall.

JDG

Looking for answers

when we haven’t bothered to

form a real question.

JDG

Wrapped in the warmth of

friendship, we cooly discuss

our mortality.

JDG

Even dogs don’t like

to dine alone. Knox grabs his

bone and gnaws it at my side.

JDG

When poets argue,

do they do so in rhyme and

does verse make it worse?

JDG

Everything’s grist for

the poetry mill as my

ODE TO VOMIT shows.

JDG

Be on the lookout

for small kindnesses. You’ll find

more than you looked for.

JDG