It’s often the course

I didn’t choose that taught me

far more than I sought.

                                                              JDG

All this sorting out

 has left me out of sorts.

This? That? Why? How?… Pow!

                                                                 JDG

As the temperature

creeps toward ninety, we start to

creep toward air conditioned caves.

                                                                           JDG

How many roads

must a man walk down before

 he calls for a cab?

                                                       JDG

Flash flood of words –

love and compassion caught in

fierce rip current.

                                                               JDG

Almost every day

now we are drenched in the truth

of this old cliche.

                                                                   JDG

Sometimes the only

way out is down and in those

depths, keys might be found.

                                                                     JDG

This spring’s polonaise

has been no slow dance. It’s been

a real jitterbug.

                                                                   JDG

Joy lights up her face

and illuminates the night.

Moon and stars rejoice.

                                JDG