This is the time to do the work I really want to do. I am no longer afraid I will become stale, for I will have folks with whom to converse—I will find them. I am maker of persons, maker … Continue reading →

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My exploration

Posted on September 18, 2020 by dgermann

Poetry is my exploration :- Doug.

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Wisened?

Posted on September 18, 2020 by dgermann

It’s a choice as you age are you wisened or only wizened? :- Doug.

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(yes I challenge you)

Posted on September 18, 2020 by dgermann

Life gets happier Life becomes integral —as you examine yours— (yes I challenge you) Of what’s your integrality consist? Of what’s your happiness? :- Doug.

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Delicious ongoingness

Posted on September 17, 2020 by dgermann

Poems have no goal nor end and only a delicious ongoingness :- Doug.

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Inside your next poem

Posted on September 17, 2020 by dgermann

Inside your next poem may be inside the mystery :- Doug.

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Choose your story

Posted on September 16, 2020 by dgermann

Maybe by the end of the course you’ll choose what story to write. To write is to explore A course is life Maybe is all there is :- Doug.

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Teaching my life

Posted on September 16, 2020 by dgermann

What I’m teaching is my life What you’re learning is story writing Perhaps :- Doug.

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Softly–hardly

Posted on September 16, 2020 by dgermann

Aren’t we the pair? I talk softly You hear hardly :- Doug.

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