Something about a certain slant of light
stirs memories
unsought but
sadly
found.
JDG
Viewfinder
We can focus on
the large surrounds of gray or
those few openings
where sun pours through or hold them
both in a much larger view.
JDG
Depth Commentary
I don’t think she knew
my grandkids called me Gaba, but
after a session
where I talked much more than I
usually did, her
unconscious carefully wrote
out a check to Gabarant.
JDG
Overrode And Overwritten
Sometimes I feel like
I’m a character in someone
else’s novel. From
time to time the author lets
me shape the plot, but
just when I get things going
as I’d like, she throws
in an unexpected twist
just to see how I’ll react.
JDG
Civilization Restored
Mother elephant,
seeing new-born hippo grabbed
and dragged away by
hungry hyena didn’t
wait. She charged full force,
scaring hyena away.
The Kings among us
who want civilization
restored might see
it can be done by caring
for someone else’s babies.
JDG
Winter-Spring
Ice blossoms cling
as March adds
the late beauty of winter
to the early
blooming of spring.
JDG
The Sun And I
The sun – poking out from behind its clouds
and I from mine –
exchange a
sunny
grin.
JDG
Greenings
Weathered mountain rock,
unexpectedly green – once
hidden beneath grass
and trees but now bare – mutely
speaks of man’s own drive for green.
JDG
Bird Lore
Just what the issue
was, I’ll probably never
know, but judging from
the feathered flutter, it was
not a lilting matter.
JDG
The Late, Great …
Ah that pause again –
the one I didn’t take – gave
me pause, but too late.
JDG
