It’s just for now that
dark clouds hover. Tomorrow
sun will fill the sky.
~
It’s just for now that
sun fills the sky. Tomorrow
dark clouds will hover.
~
Can we find a way
to live both with and beyond
such changing weather?
JDG
From These Bits And Pieces
To make this crazy
quilt of a life I gather
what I can and stitch,
moment by moment, these small
fragments into a
pieced together whole, hoping
this irregular,
unskilled offering will be
enough to keep a body warm.
JDG
A Matter Of Choice
With just the slightest
twitch of an eyebrow, Toby
surveys several
grazing deer, weighs his options,
decides he’d rather
catch z’s than chase fleeing deer
– an excellent model for me.
JDG
Fall Preview
It won’t be long now
before the school year begins
and summer’s pleasures
will be replaced with early
rising, lost text books,
missed buses, feigned illnesses,
and parental hair-pulling.
JDG
Midday Visitor
It was the quiet
at midday that took me back
to another time.
Absence, rather than presence,
opened memory’s
door and let, not an image
but a feeling, slip right in.
JDG
As Above So Below
The day begins with
both hummingbirds and blue jays,
givers and takers,
an avian study in
our human proclivities.
JDG
Basic Training
Apparently we,
and not the dogs, were sent to
obedience school
where we learned to fetch food, throw
balls, and give treats on command.
JDG
Time Travel
Not so long ago
they sat at my dining room
table and we laughed
together at our mishaps
past and present. Their
chairs are empty now and I
sit alone, but their stories
and their laughter linger still.
JDG
Not Even The Dog
Not even the dog
likes these dog days of summer.
He paws at the door
pronouncing his displeasure
with this Virginia weather.
JDG
A Prayer For The Morrow
I’ve always liked happy endings,
what others have
called unlikely,
even mushy.
And that’s the way I want to take
my leave, waving
jauntily as
the sweet sun sets.
I want to hallow my many
diminishments
with laughter and
a song of thanks,
Seeing in them an opening
as well as a
closing, a chance
to learn anew.
JDG
