Category Archives: Poetry
Let’s not go back
Let’s not go back to business as usual Let’s go better to serving life and living :- Doug.
Pandemic turn
Could this pandemic Turn us to one another Maybe we’ll find our purpose is each other? :- Doug.
Pandemic interruption
Is this pandemic an interruption Or is it our generation’s main path? :- Doug.
Because you see this other
You are because another sees you You are because another hears you Whom do you see and hear in 300 years? :- Doug.
Deepeners
One man had a heart attack Both my parents died the same night What were your deepeners? :- Doug.
Withdraw your last three thousand
Withdraw your last three thousand To spend on something very very kind Your old ones have a seed within Your young ones have so seldom heard Water the seed with far-sight Place stories in the young ones’ ears— Upon the … Continue reading
You thought you were the one
In all your years you thought you were the one From here it’s otherwise: one life, just life :- Doug.
A haunting song
Choose a haunting song, borrow its point of view, and its beat or rhyme for your story. :- Doug.
Joy to get a call
What a joy to get a call To be touched by another soul! :- Doug.
Craft is strength
The craft of storytelling The strength of storytelling :- Doug.
Can you see?
Can you see? Can you see them? You can If you look far enough Over the horizon :- Doug.
That’s what poets do
That’s what poets do take us to deeps take us to longer :- Doug.
OK Boomers
OK Boomers Let’s attend Where we find ourselves :- Doug.
slings and arrows
Take note of the slings and arrows of daily fortune :- Doug.
A village of voices
A village of voices walks with me my path was only straight before my first steps bruises and defeats become callouses and badges peel away layers of humanity plant them in insignificance :- Doug.