When the pieces don’t fit,
maybe they belong
to a different puzzle.
JDG
In Two Places At The Same Time
They sat together
without speaking,
each focused
on their own cell phone –
a modern family,
simultaneoulsy
present and absent
to each other.
JDG
Gift Exchange
A warmer climate
of the heart accompanied
by a cooler head –
a much needed gift we each
could give to the world this year.
JDG
At Our House
At our house it’s not
silent night although maybe
when the kids depart
quiet will again descend,
but for now it’s noisy joy.
JDG
Sublime Dining
Nothing witty or
profound was said, but at lunch
both our souls were fed.
JDG
More Shimmy Than Waltz
On the pond’s frozen,
fractured surface sunlight danced.
We stood in silence,
enjoying the sparks that flew
from sun’s encounter with ice.
JDG
Little Fox
Little fox, were you
running from something
or toward something
when you tried to cross the road?
JDG
THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE
Sometimes you receive the just right book at
the just right time.
This was one
of those
books.
JDG
Long Journey Home
Silently they move
toward the Bethlehem of our
hearts- these yearnings for
a new testament of love.
May they find a dwelling place.
JDG
Benediction
At the close of day
a chorus of bare branches
sings to a tangerine sky.
JDG
