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Break open the nut

Break open the nut find protected inside softness ready to grow :- Doug.

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Grandchildren should be heard

Grandchildren should be seen and especially heard. :- Doug.

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Picture what we cannot yet

Picture circles of elders opening eyes minds hearts. To a larger. Not simply including all we can see smell taste but what we cannot yet. Open doors. Light nudges in. :- Doug.

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Goofy way

Hopefully my poetry all poetry changes you in some goofy way :- Doug.

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Unseen

How little our culture accustoms us to see of one another—especially elders! :- Doug.

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Long range weather forecasters

We are long range weather forecasters: we see an indeterminate number of forces at play, at play. We might know what it means. Our forecast gains in confidence as time extends. :- Doug.

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Keeps me up at night

Life is what keeps me up at night. :- Doug.

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Reverence for wonder

Elders develop a sense of direction a reverence for wonder an exasperating vulnerability :- Doug.

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Beyond “still sharp”

Posit a bell shaped curve describing the population of those over 60. Posit on the left those 16-20% who are chronically ill, decrepit of mind or body, needy of much assistance. Picture in the middle the 60% or so who … Continue reading

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From wonder into wonder

From wonder into wonder Elders :- Doug.

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Eldering cultural supports

We lack the cultural supports for eldering. This is a task for elders. :- Doug.

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Chewy elders

Let us grow bigger colorful chewy pictures of elders! :- Doug.

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Brink whispers

Here at the brink of life we begin to see how ephemeral we are. We catch wind of the whispers coming to us, emanating from us, the whispers we are, stirring, stirring. :- Doug.

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What’s comprehending?

What is happening to us as we age? Are we paying attention? We can detect hints of things that might just help others. Comprehend. :- Doug.

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Games get outside

The games are to get us outside ourselves, toward intimacy, toward inter-living, toward advancing life’s agenda. They are largering. :- Doug.

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Elder dancing

This eldering is a larger undertaking: major poetry as it were. This is acting upon the elders to find ever larger developments. The developments I have seen are merely hints of what is possible. Where is life taking us, where … Continue reading

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Growing colors!

Elders participate in metamorphosis losing creeping bodies, growing colors! :- Doug.

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