Category Archives: Poetry
Scolding for
Grand people can transfer value across generations by scolding for :- Doug.
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Angel in that child
There’s an angel in that child urging her up and out and in that elder as well :- Doug.
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We, at the pinnacle
We, at the pinnacle of our humanity Choose—or not—to imagine a higher stage And higher still—in all the grandchildren :- Doug.
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The dreams must skip a generation
The dreams must skip a generation. :- Doug.
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Years are for sorting
Elder years are for sorting The less important from the more A time for poets and grandchildren A time to be poets and playmates :- Doug.
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Nor teachers nor libraries
Elders less teach knowledge than ways Less are libraries of the culture than shapers, refiners, redirectors :- Doug.
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O saggy craggy elder
O saggy craggy elder what gift do you have for us? :- Doug.
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Put your memories into poetry
Put your memories into poetry —you might just mean anew :- Doug.
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We’ve/weave
Best is yet to be For growing comes with old We’ve/Weave a story yet to be told :- Doug.
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Somes of eldering
The somes of elders: Some hug the grandchildren Many hear them out Some are activists Writers poets playmates Some unable to walk talk think show us how to receive love Or in their tiny rooms care for the cosmos provide … Continue reading
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to be found
I like a story when it says what happened, does not say what it means, and clearly there is meaning to be found. :- Doug.
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O elders teach
O elders teach us new ways of seeing dreaming hearing acting togethering :- Doug.
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Caring companioning
Caring is companioning Care is strangers doing for strangers So are you sharing your with? :- Doug.
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Old grow?
Grow old Meaning? While old still growing? Old grows? Old grow? Meaning grows? :- Doug.
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Stokems
Stories jokes and poems are better than wisdom know why? :- Doug.
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Flowers and seeds
The 70s are the flowering of old age Further on we go to seed What will you seed? :- Doug.
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The old ways
Look to the old ways not because they are old because they give a wider view :- Doug.
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