Category Archives: Poetry
How old do you wanna be?
How old do I want to get to be? Old enough to still be…serving :- Doug.
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Beauty observed
The beauty observed and hard facts reported are all of a piece :- Doug.
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Wonderful greens
Wonderful greens outside my window shadows and movement sunlight cutting through separating the yellow greens above from the darker below where a cat softly :- Doug.
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Elder diction
Eldering is a felt change of consciousness (a la Barfield, Poetic Diction). :- Doug.
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Challenge of happiness
The challenge of happiness gains of losing deepness in fewer friendships :- Doug.
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Bernie says playfulness
What is the attitude of play? The stance? How does a curmudgeon or a non-curmudgeon develop play and fun? Are there elements or steps to take? Or is it simply in the genes? Playfulness, says Bernie DeKoven. He is on … Continue reading
Energy depleted
Exploration, asking questions, from a glimpse takes energy. If you don’t have it, the finger pointing is not followed, perhaps not even seen. So when you are ill to the extent that your energy is depleted, it affects your muse, … Continue reading
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Growing past adulthood
The big secret is that people keep on growing past adulthood :- Doug.
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Pretty domain
It’s a pretty domain with sun on the green me it looks out upon :- Doug.
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Words beyond words
If we let the other person’s words beyond words sound the depths in us how much further we both go :- Doug.
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Rilke’s widening circles
Rilke’s widening circles carry so much I just saw Falcon against the sky solitary, ever on the hunt Storm the turning of all the sky Great song the cosmos singing Might all of us interweave all these as we shift … Continue reading
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Time travelers
In many ways we are time travelers…. into future curious of a grandchild’s imagination into past reflecting, doing genealogy into prophecy thinking of the effects of our actions on the seventh generation into right action and right governance reminding those … Continue reading
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Weaving life
We are weaving ourselves further into life and through time & timeless :- Doug.
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years X weight
Not years, reflection years X weight :- Doug.
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Touch the wheel
Elders do not turn the ship’s wheel We can sometimes turn the eyes and heads Of those who touch the wheel :- Doug.
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