Category Archives: Poetry

Development does not stop

Posted on June 10, 2018 by dgermann

For me, development does not stop with the physical, mental, cognitive, emotional, and psychological. It needs also to go to spirit and intimacy—meeting, poetry, and conversation. :- Doug.

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A dream to give

Posted on June 8, 2018 by dgermann

Has a dream to give the elder for the grandchildren much more subtle than a dream to give :- Doug.

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After our grandchildren grow up?

Posted on June 4, 2018 by dgermann

After we grow up After our children grow up After our grandchildren grow up We grow In what direction? :- Doug.

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Preservation and opening

Posted on June 4, 2018 by dgermann

We can be about preservation and opening way for the entirely unexpected :- Doug.

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Ancestor, let us gather

Posted on June 4, 2018 by dgermann

Ancestor, let us gather generations of grandchildren to see what happens! :- Doug.

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O the possibilities of you!

Posted on June 3, 2018 by dgermann

Sooner or later your particles all go back to random pieces of all there is ready to reassemble into something else O the possibilities of you! :-Doug.

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Measure the intensity of your astonishment

Posted on June 2, 2018 by dgermann

You can measure the quality of your eldering by the intensity of your astonishment. Grandchildren should leave you thunderstruck! Wisdom is unknowing. Not not knowing, but letting loose of what you knew to swim in mystery. Outcomes uncertain: venture! :- … Continue reading →

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Get the air right!

Posted on June 2, 2018 by dgermann

Get the air right! Yes! That is our task For the Grandchildren :- Doug.

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You are the impossible one

Posted on May 29, 2018 by dgermann

You are the impossible one a grandchild an ancestor :- Doug.

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To my classmates

Posted on May 28, 2018 by dgermann

To my classmates I owe having fun. To the grandchildren I owe having fun. :- Doug.

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Wonder, Old One

Posted on May 28, 2018 by dgermann

Wonder, Old One, Young One, what is the living thing at the center? The center of yourself… and all life…and all? :- Doug.

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If it’s not fun

Posted on May 27, 2018 by dgermann

If it’s not fun it’s not For the Grandchildren it’s not for life :- Doug.

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Eldering fun

Posted on May 27, 2018 by dgermann

There is eldering fun in wondering —what is the green for? —why the tree stops at leaf and does not go on and on? —what does it feel like to be light? :- Doug.

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Fun is essential

Posted on May 27, 2018 by dgermann

Fun is essential to spirit: meditate, and grandparent with fun! :- Doug.

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O Elder, dream!

Posted on May 26, 2018 by dgermann

O Elder, dream! Speculate what might be! Converse! With the grandchildren! Lift their dreams Not with yours With theirs Dream, O Grandchild! :- Doug.

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In real life, death

Posted on May 26, 2018 by dgermann

In real life, death is something we rarely witness these days, so we begin to think there is no death, in real life :- Doug.