Category Archives: Poetry

People of a farther

People of a farther sight see thing differentially :- Doug.

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You make

What would it take For you to make A better human race? :- Doug.

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You great rememberers

You the great rememberers of the way human :- Doug.

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tutors from tumors

Our teachers oft times are our wounds our tutors our tumors :- Doug.

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Your provisional present

Remember, grandchild The present—your present Is provisional :- Doug.

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Grandparents’ craft

Passion against numbness The grandparents’ craft :- Doug.

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A few dance steps

When, with generations of grandchildren in mind, I read anything they color what I hear and gently guide a few dance steps for grandchildren of grandchildren :- Doug.

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We can be prophetic

We can be prophetic justice pro-claiming :- Doug.

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Is impossible necessary?

Poetry asks if the impossible is necessary. :- Doug.

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Practice of imagination:

Poetry is the practice of imagination: keeping the present provisional and not absolute; keeping open the possibility of a future discontinuous with the present. :- Doug.

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Humanity over hope

Humanity over hope share anguish share amazement :- Doug.

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Song stands in conflict

Song stands in conflict with decree. :- Doug.

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circular spiral

Poetic logic is circular Poetic logic is spiral :- Doug.

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Ever become people?

Will people ever become people? Claiming and reclaiming imagination away from domestication? :- Doug.

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never complete

Gather our common caring for our never-complete, always whole humanity :- Doug.

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One specific grandchild

Conversing across generations not only you and one specific grandchild also a spot along the way revealing vistas :- Doug.

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Fishing out

Not improving humanicity we are together caring for our common humanicity accepting the complex waters between us fishing out new and possible togetherings :- Doug.

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