Category Archives: Poetry

Hang not up

Seek not a career Hang not up this for that Do the tasks set before you Hear the music Tell the music :- Doug.

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embrace is global

Conversation’s embrace is global gathering the children as they run in sometimes and seldom one at a time for perhaps there is no time no one else :- Doug.

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same wrapper

Good and bad in the same wrapper inseparably fused water and flavoring flavoring and carcinogen subtly death and life :- Doug.

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Taking my poetry somewhat seriously

I take my poetry somewhat seriously (The poet not so much) It teaches me to reach Happy am I As after a morning stretch :- Doug.

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Wisdom years

The wisdom years Making sense of your life Making sense for the generations :- Doug.

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To see a bigger picture

To see a bigger picture, sometimes you have to draw away. :- Doug.

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tugging the lines

Poetry tugs the lines Moving Among us Verse not required Turning is :- Doug.

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what makes us odd

We all have a genius It’s what makes us odd Often ashamed A trait in need of fixing Until we fix our seeing :- Doug.

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Home is approximate

Home is approximate —and moving, growing :- Doug.

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The key

The key to the conversation is belonging to the conversation The key to the universe is belonging to the universe The key to spirit is belonging to the spirit The keystone of all there is is each ever-loving one of … Continue reading

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Hairy white against

Hairy white against blue skies nature’s brush strokes curved straight lines? Only man :- Doug.

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You and I come in

You and I come in focus then fade to nothing brook babbles along :- Doug.

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I like haiku make

I like haiku make the syllables evoke from winter snows bright red :- Doug.

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Drinking the juice

When you squeeze the juice from conversing, what you get is participation in one another’s lives, plus reflection for going deeper. Still, drinking the juice is not the fruit of the matter. :- Doug.

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Lawyers tell stories

Lawyers tell stories Doctors tell statistics Accountants tell numbers All are necessary All are life :- Doug.

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nap

Now the best thing I can do for my clients is nap :- Doug.

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while wisdom goes on from there

To know and to know we know is homo sapiens sapiens to be proud of this is ego and stops our development while wisdom goes on from there :- Doug.

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