Many trees, flowers, and bushes
are saying yes.
May the weather’s no
be soft and slow
until they can reach an agreement.
JDG
Sometimes It Doesn’t Rhyme
The grit of life is
the grain of poetry…or
at least that’s what I
tell myself when the car won’t
start and I can’t find my phone.
JDG
Knox At The Door
Silently he stands
until at last he loudly sighs.
He knows I know he’s here.
JDG
Whoa!
The morning’s so warm
it’s as though I fell asleep
in February
and the next morning I woke
up and suddenly there’s May.
JDG
Evening Artistry
Just for a moment,
sky and pond are brushed with pink
before night descends.
JDG
Preparing To Say Goodbye
When we first came to this patch of land
that wild cherry greeted us
with white blooms and green leaves.
As the years passed she slowly
bloomed less and less;
her branches held fewer leaves.
Recently several of her branches fell.
This year may be her last.
We treasured her presence through the years.
She will be deeply missed.
JDG
Modern Dilemma
Drowning in information
when wisdom would
keep us afloat.
JDG
Release
My burdened mind moved
in rhythm with my steady
breath and finally let things go.
JDG
Abiding Presence
Every day the sun rises.
Every day the sun sets.
Sometimes we see it.
Sometimes we don’t.
But it is there,
rising and setting each day –
a constant in an uncertain world.
JDG
All In Good Time
Little by little
my no-saying inner two year old
is learning to say yes.
It’s only taken 78 years.
JDG
