Category Archives: Poetry
People of a farther
People of a farther sight see thing differentially :- Doug.
You make
What would it take For you to make A better human race? :- Doug.
You great rememberers
You the great rememberers of the way human :- Doug.
tutors from tumors
Our teachers oft times are our wounds our tutors our tumors :- Doug.
Your provisional present
Remember, grandchild The present—your present Is provisional :- Doug.
Grandparents’ craft
Passion against numbness The grandparents’ craft :- Doug.
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.
We can be prophetic
We can be prophetic justice pro-claiming :- Doug.
Is impossible necessary?
Poetry asks if the impossible is necessary. :- Doug.
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.
Humanity over hope
Humanity over hope share anguish share amazement :- Doug.
Song stands in conflict
Song stands in conflict with decree. :- Doug.
circular spiral
Poetic logic is circular Poetic logic is spiral :- Doug.
Ever become people?
Will people ever become people? Claiming and reclaiming imagination away from domestication? :- Doug.
never complete
Gather our common caring for our never-complete, always whole humanity :- Doug.
One specific grandchild
Conversing across generations not only you and one specific grandchild also a spot along the way revealing vistas :- Doug.
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.