Category Archives: Poetry
The gift of one another
Open hand The gift of one another Open heart The gift of one another Lean into our circle As human as you can Offer and accept our highest The gift of one another :- Doug.
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Will me a secret
Will me a secret Playful one Will me a piece of junk That I have the fun Of figuring why you’d Will me that Secret :- Doug.
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Alzheimer’s: modern Magellans?
“Right up to the last minute,” Joelle said to me “the soul has work to do” Weeks later her words lead me to ask What if it were more opening than disease this Alzheimer’s & these our tribe’s explorers? What … Continue reading
Will us eyes
Will us eyes eyes you have loved ones with crinkles in the corner ones which pull on dimples ones with tears and ones which see into your deeps :- Doug.
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Bequeath someon a dream
Bequeath someone a dream better yet, devise it for it is real :- Doug.
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The value to another when you try…
Never doubt The value to another When you try, not knowing if… When my parents died I told my friends online In that cold, impersonal, often cruel world And coming back to me Through those hard metal wires Among the … Continue reading
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Give a broken thing
Give a broken thing Broken things still have songs left in them :- Doug.
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Something they might throw away
Will someone something they might throw away —and tell them why they might want to keep it —or tell them they will figure it out for themselves —because you might learn your value or figure it out —maybe it will … Continue reading
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A pill for this/A pill for that…
A pill for this A pill for that But no pill to Keep us from Getting fat! :- Doug.
Posted in Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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A Will we write
A Will we write Together With our spouse With our grandchildren to the 7th generation With our tasks and causes Our blessings and curses Our dreams and nightmares Our ancestors Our humankindness Together, only together :- Doug.
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The poetry of your life
The poetry of your life— where does it reside? in sons and daughters wives and husbands places we’ve lived jobs we’ve given up work which grew us tasks we were called to perhaps against our wills scraps of life we … Continue reading
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What worlds create?
With a Will What worlds Can we Create? What ideals Now populate? What hearts Evocate? :- Doug.
Posted in Dreams, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry, Wills
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