Category Archives: Poetry

Wrap stories in stories

Let us learn ways to wrap stories in stories to sneak lessons deep inside lessons :- Doug.

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Do not fear

Do not fear Old age is near! :- Doug.

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Backwards of the teaching

What we have to teach we have to discover backwards of the teaching :- Doug.

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Aging is to eldering moments

Aging is to eldering moments as the stars and moon are to northern lights :- Doug.

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& dancing northern lights

Dew and freshness starts the day In light we make our hay Infants become adults And do we stop Before becoming elders? Before moon & stars & dancing northern lights? :- Doug.

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Speak in novels and poetry

Speak O Elder to the grandchildren Speak in novels and poetry in music, dance, in things that last and things that don’t Speak in work and especially in play Speak in all your voices For the grandchildren :- Doug.

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Ask a grandchild

Ask about meaning ask a grandchild :- Doug.

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Our role

Our role develop meaning with grandchildren :- Doug.

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cookies too

Grandma knows you wants what’s good for you cookies too has larger experiences ask her help :- Doug.

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We may die

Growth is dangerous we may die eventually we die :- Doug.

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When we are young

When we are young the great act is play When we are adult it is woman-man entwining When we are elder the great act is a converse that is play infinite play :- Doug.

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Invite delight

Invite Delight :- Doug.

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Elder years:

Elder years: only pleasant? also useful? :- Doug.

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Shape the grandchildren?

Shape the grandchildren? Shape the circumstances? Shape swirls moving among? :- Doug.

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This poem

This poem has come my way up to you now to carry on it and me handing it over to she who will carry us all further still :- Doug.

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A dimensional work

Eldering is a gift much more a dimensional work :- Doug.

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Elders enrich experience

Beyond recounting elders enrich experience :- Doug.

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