A poem can be a list
A poem can be a list
of related
glimpses of larger
:- Doug.
It makes it hard to hear
When your tongue is in your ear
:- Doug.
Archive for December 2nd, 2015
When talking with elders
When talking with elders—our peers—do we seek the benefit of their wisdom and insight?
:- Doug.
embrace is global
Conversation’s embrace is global
gathering the children as they run in
sometimes and seldom one at a time
for perhaps there is no time
no one else
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1556–Vital use of doctor’s skills at end of life
Footprints in the Windsm # 1556
If you want a doctor’s skills at end of life to give you a second chance with those around you, forget the doctor: today is your second chance. If you want those skills to hang on to what breath is leaving you, breathe deeply today. Here, however, is a valid vital use of those skills: to keep you present in your final moments.
Please pass it on.
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same wrapper
Good and bad
in the same wrapper
inseparably fused
water and flavoring
flavoring and carcinogen
subtly
death and life
:- Doug.
Taking my poetry somewhat seriously
I take my poetry somewhat seriously
(The poet not so much)
It teaches me to reach
Happy am I
As after a morning stretch
:- Doug.
