Category Archives: Poetry
self-identify
“Don’t feed the ducks” sign at the edge of the pond —illiterates self-identify :- Doug.
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Bladder says Get up
Bladder says Get up Let me sleep! After, back in bed Sphincter joins in, barking Roll to stomach, maybe this Hand falls asleep but not I Words float up of their own accord Remind me of the day’s agenda Responsibility … Continue reading
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A different dentist
“Nature gave up on that tooth” the dentist told me when I was 30 “You’re telling me I’m getting old” I said and when I was 31 I had a different dentist :- Doug.
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Poetry in elders
Finding poetry in elders Finding poetry in law :- Doug.
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step past the edge of knowledge
A professional is someone who knows Where to step past the edge of knowledge Into the frontiers of curiosity :- Doug.
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Conversation is my fire
Conversation is my fire Conversation is of life The fire :- Doug.
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bury the dull
Attend your fire let the dull bury the dull :- Doug.
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gambol!
Two birds each other chase Through the leaves Life extravagant exuberant life! :- Doug.
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Two birds each other chase
Two birds each other chase Through the leaves Life extravagant exuberant life! :- Doug.
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Is to love
To live To meet Is to love :- Doug.
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only detours
only detours can take us somewhere new there are only detours every detour leads to questions life is carried in the belly of questions every detour leads to another every new home engenders new life :- Doug.
I invite I imagine I engage
I invite I imagine I engage :- Doug.
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We free the body of its tasks
We free the body of its tasks We free the spirit to works within :- Doug.
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A paradox as we age:
A paradox as we age: We discard the unessential Yet we grow, take in panoramas :- Doug.
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What does bringing our authentic sevles mean as we age?
What does bringing out our authentic selves mean as we age? As we peel away the layers, the roles, the masks Does this question become more urgent? And what of our friends who are there and no longer there? Some … Continue reading
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My work is discontinuity
My work is discontinuity of future to past and present of possibility to despair :- Doug.
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