Today Spring is whistling
a lilting tune
of blue skies and buttercups,
inviting us
to step out,
sing along,
shake a leg, and dance.
JDG
Kindred Spirits
She tried to trod the well-worn path,
but finding it not to her liking,
she left, and coming to a creek saw
a tree growing most peculiarly –
its bent trunk parallel to the ground
before it turned suddenly
and stretched upward toward the sky.
“It’s clear you’ve weathered storms,” she said,
“and followed a path not typical for trees.
I look at you and smile and say,
‘there grows a tree like me.’ “
JDG
Even So
In the pelting rain
the happy face of golden
daffodils shines through.
JDG
Open To Correction
All those mistakes we make aren’t wasted if
we begin to
explore where
things went
wrong.
JDG
About That Buzz
Glad to see the bees
but hornets and wasps are quite
another matter.
JDG
Indulgent Spring
Intermingled with bare limbs and new green,
a purple-pink
blossoming –
April
fling.
JDG
So Hard
For some of us it’s
a struggle not to struggle –
to learn to do what
we can, then let go, knowing
prying may be required.
JDG
Solid Spaciousness
Empty of motion,
the morning stillness had an
uneasy solid
feel until that bird drew me
to the spaces in between.
JDG
For Every Palate
The featured item
on today’s weather menu –
the Combination
Special: stark and stormy, sunshine
splash, and somber and subdued.
JDG
Dual Diagnosis
The geek squad soon found
the problem in the portal,
that place of connection
between charger and computer –
a perfect metaphor
for the gap in myself between
inspiration and manifestation.
JDG
