Lying there
on the crisp white sheet,
the poem silently pleads,
“Come fill me with your breath.
I’m lying here, alone, unread.”
JDG
The patience of ordinary things.
Thought you would enjoy this poem by Pat Schneider posted at purplerays.wordpress.com
It is a kind of love, is it not?
How the cup holds the tea,
How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare,
How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes
Or toes. How soles of feet know
Where they’re supposed to be.
I’ve been thinking about the patience
Of ordinary things, how clothes
Wait respectfully in closets
And soap dries quietly in the dish,
And towels drink the wet
From the skin of the back.
And the lovely repetition of stairs.
And what is more generous than a window?
“The Patience of Ordinary Things” by Pat Schneider
Art: Tori Avey
Text and image source: _/_Peggy @ ECUMENICUS https://www.facebook.com/326734894393/posts/10158650195879394/
Gentle Flirtation
The morning grass greets me
with a thousand winks.
I smile and wink back.
JDG
A Lifetime Of Trying
One minute I arrive, the next minute
I depart. I’m
trying to
lengthen
the
time
I spend
with my best
self before my
less-than-best self carries me far away.
JDG
Firewater
As evening falls,
the sun sets
the pond aflame –
elemental
drunkenness
JDG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Now you are robed,
not in black,
but in shining light
reflecting back to us
the light that resided
within you
and in your actions
on our behalf.
JDG
With deep gratitude
Almost Here
A yellowed leaf drifts
to the ground – a soft herald
of autumn’s approach.
JDG
I Move Closer
It wasn’t there yesterday, but
it’s there today,
a large brown bug,
still, unmoving.
When I check again, it’s still there,
still unmoving.
I move closer.
I pick it up.
I turn it over. A tiny
seed’s held tight in
its grasp…What will
I die holding?
JDG
Celebrating Lost Baggage
For a brief moment
old baggage disappeared.
I won’t rush to reclaim it.
JDG
Sitting Practice
Bell sounds
Back straight
Feet on ground
Focus on breath
Focus wanders
Focus returns
Focus wanders
Focus returns
Focus wanders
Focus returns
Bell sounds
Deep sigh
To be continued
JDG
