Monthly Archives: August 2020
A why to write poetry
Maybe you don’t need a reason A why to write poetry Poetry may be why enough :- Doug.
Curiosity working on you
Poetry is curiosity working on you. :- Doug.
Covid play?
How can covid times help us create, invent, and play with our friends? :- Doug.
Wizened bird
All-hearing all-seeing drone up in the sky Re-examine events yes but also the poet For the wizened bird here’s poetry’s role :- Doug.
So poetry?
What are the “So thats” of writing poetry? :- Doug.
Scary word
My purpose is to ask us to think bigger, and that requires we use our imaginations—together. Together here is a scary word. :- Doug.
Poetry is a state of mind
Poetry is a state of mind Seeing :- Doug.
Breezes steering a hot air balloon
Like the breezes affecting a hot air balloon are we in covid-time. We know which way the wind is blowing at ground level and higher; we know the afternoon thermals can lift us if we look for them; we can … Continue reading
In the war?
“Gram, what did you do in the COVID-19 war?” :- Doug.
Feel vulnerable now?
In what ways do you feel vulnerable now? To what extent vulnerable, say on a 1-10 scale? :- Doug.
After the white water?
What happens after a paradigm shift? What happens after the white water? What happens after the moments of sheer terror and before the stretches of utter boredom? :- Doug.
Say a word?
Elders can get busy seeing the directions. For humanity. For clients. Have we ever seen a friend lost, and we saw how the foundering was playing out? Did we work out a way for us to say a word? What … Continue reading
Which way the world is going to go
I’ll tell you which way the world is going to go. It’s humans loosely in charge of where the human world will go. Some will be lost and some for a long while. Some will see this way and some … Continue reading
It’s not so much
It’s not so much we’ve lost our ways of touching one another It’s not so much we’ll one day go back It’s not so much we’ll find our ways as we have a chance to wonder about compassion empathy our … Continue reading
Nurture inklings
Honor your inklings; spend time nurturing them; help them fully express themselves. :- Doug.
2020 opportunity?
Will we use the opportunity of this 2020 to see more clearly? :- Doug.