Confederates In Gray

Lost in thought, I almost missed the soft touch

of that small hand

upon my 

arm. “Could

you

help

Nana

zip her coat?

Her hair’s gray too.”

Nana and I smiled and got to work.

                                                                                                               JDG

 

What Was Set Before Me

It wasn’t until I paused

and took a breath

that I saw what was set before me –

a banquet of tiny, bell-shaped flowers.

 pink with leaves of rusty red –

a petite visual treat.

                                                                               JDG

An Unplanned Gift

Trees – some evergreen,

some budding, some still bare – form

a living lattice:

playground and feeding station

for acrobatic squirrels.

                                                                                           JDG

Murphy, Jimmy, Toby, And Me

There they stood, Murphy 

the cat, Jimmy and Toby, 

the dogs. They clearly

 had weighty matters on their 

minds.“What?” I asked. First 

Murph and then the others glanced 

at their empty bowls

and then back at me. “I just

 got home,” I said. “Cut

me some slack,” but they were not

in a slack-cutting

mood. “I’m just here to serve,” I

muttered as I filled

their bowls and they began to

feed. On that we all agreed.

                                                                          JDG

 

 

 

In Matters Large And Small

Inconsistency –

is that all we can count on

in these constantly

changing times? Or is there more –

something beyond what we see ? 

                                                                                JDG

What Strange Creatures We Can Be

In order to save a few minutes, we

speed up and lose

our pleasure 

in what’s

here.

We

rush to

pursue what

isn’t here, then,

exhausted, we start all over again.

                                                                                                    JDG

 

Guest Post by Roger Pittard – “The Worst”

Expect the worst

whenever considering 

possibilities.

That was my

heritage 

from Mommy and Dad.

To date

is to get a girl

pregnant.

To buy a bat and ball 

is to cause

serious injury.

Going to the University of Chicago

ruined a friend’s

view of life.

Growing a beard

will wreck your

ministry.

Driving from Virginia

to California,

expect your car 

to break down.

Expecting the worst

still is my first

and 

deeply ingrained

reaction.

                                                                  RBGP

Poet In The Making

A child looks at

falling snow flakes, announces

pixies are dusting

cobwebs from empty mansions

in the sky. Spring’s almost here.

                                                                       JDG

March Wedding

White sky blossoms fall

and join earth’s bursting blooms –

 two seasons unite.

                                                                           JDG