Category Archives: Poetry
Stopping to attend
Our meeting a moment a sacred gift a stopping to attend :- Doug.
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Free to be ourselves
Free to be ourselves Free to serve :- Doug.
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Old age and infancy
Old age and infancy life’s only nows to have a marvelous time :- Doug.
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No divides no generations
We can connect across the divides We can connect across the generations No divides no generations only people :- Doug.
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Forward usefulness
Aging is a course of inward delight and forward usefulness :- Doug.
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Rivulets of you
Little will endure So begin many Rivulets of you :- Doug.
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Developments of age
Put to good use The developments of age To benefit generations :- Doug.
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Few things has the seed to do
Few things has the seed to do put forth root in search of water put forth shoot in search of light many many the mature tree’s roots limbs twigs and leaves babies share similar tasks elders branch out and out … Continue reading
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Age fiercely
Can we grow as we age and fiercely and heroically? :- Doug.
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Go deeper than that
We’re going to go deeper than that We have that responsibility :- Doug.
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Do they comment?
Do they see really see their clients the ones under their protection do they comment to their clients over their lives and how they face them each? :- Doug.
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Dragons
“Here there be dragons” We said of our flat earth Now we say—and see— As much Of age :- Doug.
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Spirit in aging
There is spirit in aging Not as you expected With it live :- Doug.
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Older got fresher
The older he got the more He did not know His many homes He came back to at nightfall He knew and did not know And could not know His many many people Many now long gone Many more to … Continue reading
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How do you want to age?
How do you want to age? You will of course So do it well :- Doug.
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Simpler than expected
Old age may be simpler than we expected. Freedom. Reflection. Open-heartedness. Deepening. Extending. :- Doug.
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In the sauerkraut
In the compost heap busy life billions bustling growing and invisible In the sauerkraut, the kimchi microbiology teems works teams growing growing and invisible O age growing and invisible! :- Doug.
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