Monthly Archives: June 2017

we draw near

Posted on June 30, 2017 by dgermann

Works & service of the spirit are eldering we draw near :- Doug.

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For our grandchildren

Posted on June 30, 2017 by dgermann

You cannot change the world & you must change the world & you will change the world you are too small small is precisely what is needful a word, a gesture to enter hearts one at a time day by … Continue reading →

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What’s better?

Posted on June 30, 2017 by dgermann

What’s different? What’s better? :- Doug.

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We decide the respect

Posted on June 29, 2017 by dgermann

We are the ones to decide the respect of Elders write a play talk it up tell a story befriend a grandchild :- Doug.

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Choice

Posted on June 29, 2017 by dgermann

Eldering is choice. :- Doug.

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a slowly turning fan

Posted on June 29, 2017 by dgermann

Ever get lost in a slowly turning fan morph yourself with the clouds? :- Doug.

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We’re all grandchildren

Posted on June 28, 2017 by dgermann

Elder the grandchildren we’re all grandchildren :- Doug.

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Good every morning

Posted on June 28, 2017 by dgermann

Good every morning when I am an elder to write poetry :- Doug.

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you non-poets

Posted on June 28, 2017 by dgermann

Poetry mists life-stuff you non-poets also come to life here :- Doug.

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but at 21 I could not yet know

Posted on June 27, 2017 by dgermann

Stripped bare nothing left but bone grieving together best of human loving I had an intuition of this her grandfather, his father died I drove in the funeral procession but at 21 I could not yet know :- Doug.

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These hours borrowed

Posted on June 27, 2017 by dgermann

These hours borrowed from life: for getting a paycheck from grandchildren: for whom we could have lived :- Doug.

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Only the silence knows

Posted on June 27, 2017 by dgermann

Only the silence of death ever knows whom we were and what we were worth so we in this preceding dark ought for life flare out :- Doug.

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Keepers

Posted on June 26, 2017 by dgermann

Elders might be keepers of the stories recipes seeds spirit possibilities play songs futures larger humanity dreams: guardians too :- Doug.

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Write a better one

Posted on June 26, 2017 by dgermann

Now go home and write it better, or write a better one. :- Doug.

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Write 6 stories

Posted on June 26, 2017 by dgermann

Write 6 stories of your everyday deaths. :- Doug.

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Is it important how our stories come to a close?

Posted on June 25, 2017 by dgermann

Is it important how our stories come to a close? Do we want them to whimper, be encased in pain, gentle our loved ones? :- Doug.

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You drifting mist

Posted on June 25, 2017 by dgermann

You drifting mist bringing with you the morning opening to us wideness, timelessness, embracing :- Doug.

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