All Aflutter

Beneath grey streaked skies,

bare hills lie fluttering with

the stir of white wings.

                                                                                             JDG

For Easy Access

The shelf of my mind holds

 a large Fictionary,

a compilation of stories

built from a word, a glance. a body stance.

 a tone, an eyebrow shift, a muscle twitch.

It’s been suggested I consult

instead a Nonfictionary where

only the barest of facts are stored.

Naturally, I declined since it’s obvious

the suggestion-maker has no imagination.

                                                                                                                  JDG

Morning Show

Wild blue heron

stands, watching the pond slowly

catch the winter rain.

                                                                                              JDG

 

 

Understanding Comes

Understanding comes

when mind’s door opens and swings

heart’s door open too.

Sometimes though, heart opens first

before mind has a clue.

                                                                                             JDG

Fast Food

Even in the rain

they came, birds of varied size

and feather. They did

not linger – just stopped by to

grab a quick bite on the fly.

                                                                                JDG

Worrisome Winnowing

It was a struggle

to pick five from the fifty

or so poems he’d read.

At times, he said, it felt like

abandoning friends,

and he courageously offered

to go back and save some more.

                                                                                                   JDG

( I am in the initial stages of going through my poems and selecting some to include in a self-published book. The poem  above recounts an email I got from a friend who had agreed to read 50 and pick his 5 favorites. If you have some favorites, I’d love to hear from you too. )

Step By Step

Detained by the past,

anxious for all that is new,

I move through layer

upon layer of story

til I finally come

to a door, decide

to try it, and step outside

into a world green with choice.

                                                                                                           JDG

Shucks

For the past few days

I seriously thought

my suggestion that we cancel

February had been bought,

only to learn

additional suggestions

were being sought.

                                                                                     JDG

This

That any of this –

sky-gazing children, smirking pharmaceutical executives,

moon-lit rivers, slouching teenagers,

deep-diving whales, soaring sea gulls,

poisonous mushrooms, budding dogwoods,

slithering copperheads, crass politicians,

web-spinning spiders, and, yes, even me

at my best and at my worst –

that any of this should exist

 is both marvel and mystery.

May we look directly.

May we look beneath and beyond to 

the sacred thread of life running through it all.

                                                                                                                                      JDG