Category Archives: Poetry

To squeeze essence

Posted on October 17, 2015 by dgermann

To squeeze essence out from a fruit is not to have it full only its juice —wet and sweet —without pulp and texture so to say the essence of conversation is reflection and participation is to say something essential and … Continue reading →

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To be alive is to participate

Posted on October 16, 2015 by dgermann

To be alive is to participate …in another’s life :- Doug.

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If I stop writing poetry

Posted on October 15, 2015 by dgermann

If I stop writing poetry I stop growing. :- Doug.

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Taking away your uncertainty

Posted on October 14, 2015 by dgermann

I would love to take away your certainty. And mine. The only thing that can give us life is meeting uncertainty—in one another’s face. :- Doug.

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Telling our pain

Posted on October 12, 2015 by dgermann

Telling our pain brings us truth and reconciliation brings us to now opens to us hope :- Doug.

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There is no you

Posted on October 11, 2015 by dgermann

There is no you no me only we the we bigger than we imagined :- Doug.

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Drinking in the green of the trees

Posted on October 10, 2015 by dgermann

Drinking in the green of the trees, the grass, the bushes this morning. Green brings us back to reality. :- Doug.

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Drink in the green

Posted on October 9, 2015 by dgermann

Drink in the green with your eyes :- Doug.

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What do you want if you are dying?

Posted on October 7, 2015 by dgermann

What do you want if you are dying? Which of the senses are most important to you—do you see what I am saying, hear me, are you touched by what is going on? What do you smell, can you taste … Continue reading →