The universal
language of a kind touch leaps
beyond barriers
of culture and species so
our hearts can join together.
JDG
Domestic Discourse
These housemates of mine
don’t need words. Their eyes, their barks,
their yips and meows, their purrs
and hisses, their moans and nudges,
their sighs and snuggles
speak clearly without a syllable spoken.
They listen to my words, but
they’re not really needed.
They get me completely without them.
JDG
Perpetual Pleasures
Knox announces his
joy with barks and a wiggle
as he hurries off
to harass a multitude
of unrepentant squirrels.
JDG
Wednesday Whimsy
Once upon a time
I wrote a poem that rhymed,
but that was then. This is now
and all the rhymes have fled,
but wait, I just spotted one ahead.
JDG
After The Storm
Skimming the surface
of the sun spattered pond, small
boat, untethered, floats.
JDG
Discretion Advised
It’s ok to go
with the flow unless you are
approaching a waterfall.
JDG
Getting There
Ready to create a fuss,
I spot a hummingbird
and decide to look for
some sweetness instead.
JDG
A Hint To The Universe
Sometimes everywhere
we turn, we are turned away.
If the universe
has a plan, it would help if
we could be kept in the loop.
JDG
Not By Choice
I am enrolled in
a remedial course in
patience in hopes that
after eighty years I might
learn something at last.
JDG
Defying Darkness
Defying darkness,
fireflies sub for stars on
this cloud-covered night.
JDG
