Before and after
sudden summer storms they sing,
showering us with
melody, showing us how
to cope with shifting weather.
JDG
A Poet’s Journey
Traveling down Beaverdam Creek Road, I
realize there are
no beavers
here and
no
dam –
no creek
either. If
there’s deep meaning
here, the poet in me should have found it.
JDG
Vital Necessity
Just think,
if we had not
had to find a way
to protect our exposed
skin, the clothing industry
would not have been born.
A constraint can be more than a complaint.
It can be a push to solve a pesky problem.
JDG
Just Yesterday
It seems just yesterday that tree stood bare
and now flowers
adorn her
verdant
hair.
JDG
Natural Inclinations
Another wild
roadside meeting between those
black-eyed Susans and
the blue bachelors – honestly,
you’d think they’d be more discreet.
JDG
Dancing Light
Before the moon can
even rise, the sky fills with
flirting fireflies –
flying sparks of dancing light
soften the slow creep of night.
JDG
What’s Within
A turtle doesn’t
sing a lilting song, but who knows
what goes on within that shell?
JDG
Sabbath Blessing
In this emptied moment
I am full.
No throbs or twinges,
No searing pain.
No itches to scratch,
No hunger to feed.
In this emptied moment
I am full.
JDG
Cat Calls
She is quite lovely,
our calico cat, but she
insists we look past
her surface beauty to the
master complainer within.
JDG
When
When life tosses us
a sailing frisbee of joy,
let’s catch it and pass it on.
JDG
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