Category Archives: Poetry
Keep reaching out
Keep writing Keep telling stories Keep reaching out :- Doug.
Contemplative lawyer
A contemplative lawyer A contemplative elder A contemplative poet :- Doug.
Squealing in a high pile
Grandchildren in a high pile tickling squealing all arms and legs aren’t we all? :- Doug.
Wider stories
Longer, wider the stories The story Deeper :- Doug.
See it, hear it
See it, hear it, call attention to it better humanity near you :- Doug.
Sacred purposes invite
Sacred purposes invite our participation for the sacred in our species :- Doug.
Along comes a story
Disorientation surrounds us Along comes a story A river appears Eddies boulders and rapids We start to sense :- Doug.
More responsible
More responsible to the generations than we realize :- Doug.
Layers of respect
Second sight far sight layers of respect :- Doug.
ever more gently
Waves move away from your finger ever more gently :- Doug.
Who will want the stories?
In the 11th generation Who will want to keep the stories And why? Work here :- Doug.
Four times we might just live
Four times we might just live once in experiencing twice in writing reflectively thrice in rewriting for the generations fourth when another reads the lesson you did not see :- Doug.
Story elicits
Story elicits reciprocity a bubbling up of “that reminds me” deep flows from deep :- Doug.
Idealistic is now
In all your accumulated experience for you to be idealistic the time is now :- Doug.
Poetry is how
Poetry is how we converse with our highest selves our furthest ancestors and posterity :- Doug.
Butterflies migrating
Be less analytical see pillows and vees butterflies migrating :- Doug.