A backyard drama
unfolds as squirrel, blue jay,
and cat vie for space.
A temporary truce is
found as all depart
the feeding ground and a wee
sparrow settles in and eats.
JDG
Wonder Enough
The very fact I’m
here at this precise moment
is wonder enough
for me. How many moments
had to be just as
they were for me to glance up
right now and see that
blue jay suddenly swoop down
and snatch food from my cat’s dish.
JDG
Summer Sighs
Not the slightest breeze
ruffles the song-filled air this
simmering summer
morning. I suppose there’s much
to learn from those whose
songs take wing on humid days
like this, but from me
no lilting sound pours forth – just
an exasperated sigh.
JDG
Because They’re Patriots
Those savvy grandkids
knew their Gaba well when they
texted her to ask
if she’d bring them a treat to
honor Obama’s birthday.
JDG
A Privileged Lot
As an internationally unknown
poet, certain
privileges
accrue.
No
one
really
cares what you
write about but
you, and you only care that write you do.
JDG
Midnight Service
No longer content
to stand silent through the mist,
the trees sway and sing,
filling the summer air with
a midnight hallelujah.
JDG
Iffy To Do Dah, Iffy Today
If I finally
let go of all those undone
things I really meant
to do, in that one moment
procrastination
itself would be set aside
and I could move from
“meaning to” to simply “do”
and from there to “having done”.
JDG
Fiddle All You Want, Cats
There wasn’t a cow anywhere in sight
to jump over
that blue moon
late last
night.
JDG
Dark Talk
When all is still, the dark outside
invites the dark
within to speak
and speak it does.
Does anyone ever wake up
at two or three
with happy talk?
I wish I did.
But, no – that’s the time when regrets,
past failures, and
undone to-dos
have their full say.
JDG
Summer Satisfactions
Intermittent rain
this summer season – flowers
bloom and trees rejoice.
~
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Accepting summer
after rejecting winter –
inner seasons change.
JDG
