What is the question
at the core of your life now?
Therein lies your quest.
JDG
Show Stopper
They’re not singing
for their supper,
that chorus line
of many colors,
yet with their feathers
and their flutter,
it’s a show
like no other.
JDG
Why Not?
Why not go ahead and seize the moment?
Why wait when we,
untimely,
could be
seized?
JDG
The Early Bird
first bird up
checks out feeder – launches
indignant complaint
JDG
Small Change
Idealists like
Luther, Gandhi, King can’t change
the world like those more
realistic can. We must
just patiently wait,
leave things in the hands of those
established few, sigh, make do.
JDG
Granny Natters
My absent-minded granddaughters
are so upset with me
and for what reason
I really fail to see.
As they headed out the door
on this icy morn,
I did my granny thing
and asked,
not even plaintively,
“Remembered to wear shoes?”
– and, oh, the scorn.
JDG
Cherished Gifts
Rooted solidly
among family and friends, I
cherish the gift of
belonging but soon hope to
recover the gift,
temporarily misplaced,
of silence and solitude.
JDG
( With special thanks to my friend Tish for the evocative phrase, “the gift of silence and solitude”.)
She Has Her Reasons
Without thought of personal gain,
accolades or acclaim,
she plays
because
she likes the game.
JDG
At Water’s Edge
Tucked behind those trees,
at stilled water’s edge,
two young girls
watch an ancient
feminine mystery unfold
as moon reflects upon herself.
JDG
surveying the day
ahead, I decide to go
back to bed
JDG
