Category Archives: Poetry
My life has been a search for words
My life has been a search for words; how fitting I should now be given more for which to search! :- Doug.
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Deeper if I let them
People will go deeper if I let them, if for instance I do not step on their lines. :- Doug.
Grandchildren to befriend
I still have work to do, living and teaching, reaching and loving. I have grandchildren to befriend, a village to raise. :- Doug.
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Swirl gently within our day
Swirl gently within our day, walk softly upon our earth. :- Doug.
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It takes a longer preparation
It takes a longer preparation as teens to pull away from parents than it did to gestate than to differentiate yourself from kitty dog book glass to define yourself by family tribe school It takes a longer preparation to seek … Continue reading
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When words depart
When words depart and stay away we will converse —then—in acts of love :- Doug.
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No, I’m not having fun
No, I’m not having fun in my work I’m having love an exchange with one another of words, wonder, and engagement :- Doug.
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When I listen to you
When I listen to You, it is all about me When I hear, it’s you :- Doug.
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The mystical things I do
The mystical things I do Are those of Kindness, caring, and loving :- Doug.
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Family you do
Family is a thing you do, not are A choice and no choice :- Doug.
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To the near that gathers us
To the crux of matter From silly money-making From struggle each against all From grabbing grabbing and puffery To the near that gathers us and lasts lasts :- Doug.
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makes young
Conversation energizes Conversation makes young Conversation heals :- Doug.
How to knot a tie
How to knot a tie or tie a knot you old man can teach me things I must know :- Doug.
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to raise a grandparent
It takes a village to raise a grandparent It takes a grandparent to raise a village Where have all the grandparents gone? :- Doug.
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I bow to the wind
I bow to the wind I bow to the snow flakes I bow to critters great and small I bow to trees and wheat and stars I bow to grandparents I bow to grandchildren I bow to you I bow … Continue reading
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