Monthly Archives: February 2014

Conversation is hard

Conversation is hard I can never get all I want I am thwarted, opposed On every side My ideas turn to mush My arguments fall apart And possibly my mind Caterpillar-like I travel On too many legs Do we all … Continue reading

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I won’t ask you to agree with me

I won’t ask you to agree with me. I do hope you will see some of what I see, that you will help me see some of what you see. :- Doug.

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Tell me your poetry

Tell me your poetry: What is the poetry your life tells? :- Doug.

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Thinking out loud

Thinking out loud Makes poetry Brings us closer :- Doug.

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Handling a loved one’s estate is an adventure:

Handling a loved one’s estate is an adventure: in doing what they wanted; in finding ways to conserve one’s energy; in finding ways to do good for others. A client is handling her father’s estate, caring for an ill aunt, … Continue reading

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Poetry is to

Poetry is to Endlessly assimilate Endlessly express Person is, too :- Doug.

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Business people sometimes

Business people sometimes As children caring for aging parents Act as if the song Did not need an ending :- Doug.

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Parted:

Parted: Learning there is, Growing, Becoming conscious, In parting :- Doug.

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Caring means

Caring means we don’t just provide care to you, we care about you. :- Doug.

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If you live to that age….

If you live to that age what do you picture fills your days? :- Doug.

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in the telling Told

How we hold the conversation about living while we’re dying tells about us How we invite the conversation tells about us Where we don’t go The stories we tell The stories we won’t have All these our story in the … Continue reading

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Que sera, sera?

Why do we have battles with cancer or whatever is going to take us? Why do we insist on fighting our bodies what remains of our living? Did we ever own que sera, sera? :- Doug.

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To cause someone to laugh

To cause someone to laugh Is to love them :- Doug.

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Why do you want to live?

Why do you want to live? Meaning: For what purpose? With whom? What gives those few days meaning? Their mere number? The people and doings in them? :- Doug.

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knowledge of medicine, tender, tough?

What characteristics would you want in someone making big medical decisions for you: good head, good heart, imagination, knowledge of medicine, tender, tough? :- Doug.

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Would you focus on technology?

If you were approaching death, would you focus on quality of life, or on the technology of medicine? :- Doug.

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Fake funeral notices

Friends– The FTC has issued an alert about fake funeral notices. You get an email with something like “funeral notification” in the subject line. It may look like it came from a legitimate funeral home. It invites you to click … Continue reading

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