Category Archives: Poetry

The storm does not care

The storm does not care whether it’s snow or rain does not choose it meets the cold or warm it meets other air together blowing dancing :- Doug.

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Poetry as practice

Poetry is for me a practice. :- Doug.

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Retirement!

Life is too fresh to retire from it! :- Doug.

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What do we want, in the end?

What do we want, in the end? A life ended Completed, fulfilled, finished Maybe, just maybe Rounded out :- Doug.

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Reports from these domains?

Death and dementia—two domains from which people do not often report…or from which we do not often hear their reports. :- Doug.

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Still point of the turning world

The still point of the turning world Is this still point holding it all together Held as well by people with Alzheimer’s “Dis-”ease? :- Doug.

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“for spacious” too

The skies today are beautiful “for spacious” too that’s what I love about the deep blue today for sure equally the fluffy clouds all round embracing me :- Doug.

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worth our quiet

If the world beyond our edge is worth our quiet, observing…. :- Doug.

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Floating in warm fluid we

Floating in warm fluid we are birthed into a harder world eyes, developing, pick out shapes, movements, us, ears developing pick out words Those who are going on ahead some of them are going the other way into fluid worlds … Continue reading

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An Alzhaiku

The world becomes whole undifferentiated confused? Maybe not :- Doug.

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reel runs faster

The reel runs faster as it runs out Changes come in large sizes With great speed, and often: Into my accumulating years I am hurtling :- Doug.

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to lose your mind

It’s hard to lose your mind It’s hard to realize it’s happened Actually, it’s easy to lose your mind :- Doug.

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At times unsettled

At times we feel unsettled Times we are settled Let us be kind to ourselves either “time” :- Doug.

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Slowly now.

Slowly now. See more. There is always more to touch, to hear, to be heard by, to be touched by. :- Doug.

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turning around things and words

I turn around words and things to see other, to see more deeply. There is more here to see, to be loved by. :- Doug.

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We cannot control

We cannot control other beings best we can do is nudge :- Doug.

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We are called to where we are

We are called to where we are We are called to expand this where Also :- Doug.

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