He wrote a check her
heart couldn’t cash since she knew
he was overdrawn.
JDG
Day 96 – Ready At Last
I’ve learned once more
to pick something I can do,
find the conditions
which make it likely I will do it,
and then, day after day,
follow through.
When the student is ready,
the way will come.
JDG
To My Grandson Ian, Actor Extraordinaire
I’m not speaking as a proud grandmother
when I say last night’s performance
blew me away. I also want to say
any resemblance between Alice Beneke
(with her propensity for making things worse
by turning them into maudlin verse) and me
is one hundred percent coincidental.
JDG
Day 95 – Alternative Satisfaction
Restlessness turned me
toward the kitchen, but
mindfulness turned me aside
toward exercise.
After working out
I was more than satisfied.
JDG
To Walk The Poet’s Path
To walk the poet’s path
is to see the beauty
in the narrow and in the broad,
in the fall of one leaf
amid a forest of
Autumn trees,
in the tear within the heart-felt smile,
in the ant struggling to flee
a burning yule log.
To walk the poet’s
path is to try to give words
to the wordless wonder that surrounds.
JDG
Day 94 – On Not Waiting
I didn’t wait for
the morning mist to clear.
I cleared it myself
with exercise and started the day
more balanced and calm.
JDG
Time Out
Leaving my glasses
behind left me some time when
I couldn’t read texts,
e-mails, magazines or books,
thus mind and eyes were blessed with rest.
JDG
Day 93 – Positive Resistance
Resisted the lure
of taking a break.
The day was rainy
and my knee ached.
Exercised anyway
just for my sake.
JDG
Here In Virginia
Here in Virginia
we’re filled with pride for all those
who stood firm against a fact-free tide.
JDG
Day 92- My Take Away About Not Taking Away
Today I added
a bit of balancing to
my exercise routine and,
much to my surprise,
I found I didn’t mind.
It felt complete.
JDG
