Category Archives: Poetry
Across valleys and generations
Humanicity is the quality of being human: the silver thread running through us all: the still small song heard across the valleys and the generations. Humanity is the eternal mid-point: the egg and the poult: the past and the potential: … Continue reading
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Transformation information
Conversation a transformation of information? :- Doug.
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No more 5 o’clock shadow
I no longer have a 5 0’clock shadow I have a 5 o’clock silver lining :- Doug.
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Chronologically gifted
A special subset among the chronologically gifted the elders serving growing eyes on the futures serenely altruistic :- Doug.
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Two joys
Two joys rise to the top among elders joy of learning joy of serving :- Doug.
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This is a course in audacity
This is a course in philosophy This is a course in action This is a course in responsibility This is a course in far sight This is a course in audacity Which is to say this eldering Is a course … Continue reading
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Toys and tools our creations
Toys and tools our creations have been and soon we could be to them except we’ve always proved more complex than our thoughts :- Doug.
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One choice
One major choice to see to wait to step back to allow others to feed to nurture to sacrifice another choice :- Doug.
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Sniff in a new direction
To discover sniff in a new direction :- Doug.
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He was a surprise to us all
Elder Experienced, venerable Grandfathering, conversing, inviting He was a surprise to us all Me :- Doug.
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300 patience
Thinking 300 years encourages rewards engages explores examines —patience :- Doug.
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Into futures some little ways
Into futures with the generations some little ways :- Doug.
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I only had a normal life
I only had a normal life Even though I sigh Important it is to know I lived I was awake :- Doug.
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Intimate now this mist
This fog envelops me Why won’t you let me see? Did you descend a cloud from sky? Or rise from pond and saturated earth And stillness in the wind? Or from the breath of people round? It matters not: my … Continue reading
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Babes at 80
When mother lives to 150 will those at 80 be babes? :- Doug.
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Tell stories better
I tell stories I write poems So you do better ones :- Doug.
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Story sponsors change
Story records change Story sponsors change :- Doug.
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