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Your poem might become immortal, or trigger one.

:- Doug.

To yourself you can again become fascinating.

:- Doug.

What are your playful oughts?
Playful otter be

:- Doug.

A poet might see….

:- Doug.

A beginning, a muddle, and end. In a story, the end is always different. Unlike life.

:- Doug.

Making poetry
slow
reflect
savor
making poetry

:- Doug.

Do you remember reading Carse?

:- Doug.

What might be the opposite, or contrary, of failure of imagination, if we nudge aside the word “success?”

:- Doug.

A poet (think of Emily) is understood
less in words and particulars
more in atmosphere and meeting

:- Doug.

How by reflection
Do we make better
A surprise?
Call in some bee, some butterfly
Some breeze!

:- Doug.

An adventure a day
A sweetness a day
Marriage on purpose

:- Doug.

Imagine 3 impossible things before your first phone call.

:- Doug.

Before you disembark this train you’d ought to see what you can see.

:- Doug.

Poetry ought to be playful, at least most of the time!

:- Doug.

Poetry is a choice. Poetry is choice. Present, responsive, light, attentive, improvisational, creative, vulnerable, new.

:- Doug.

The purpose of poetry is not to see larger
The purpose is not to uncover your psyche
The purpose is to see what you can see

:- Doug.

Honor your mistake-seeds.

:- Doug.

Let’s invent Personal Hugging Equipment!

:- Doug.

In the refusal to mask up, there is something deeper than being uncomfortable, and deeper than simple rebellion.

:- Doug.

May you be comfortable
alone in your own mask

:- Doug.

Have compassion
masking forces us
to meet ourselves

:- Doug.

To mask our faces
unmasks our real

:- Doug.

Masking pushes us inside
we could meet unmasking

:- Doug.