Category Archives: Poetry

is to love

Posted on April 28, 2015 by dgermann

To be present is to love :- Doug.

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Butterfly wings bright

Posted on April 27, 2015 by dgermann

Butterfly wings bright Dust comes off if you touch then No more can you fly :- Doug.

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presence

Posted on April 22, 2015 by dgermann

A lawyer’s stock in trade is presence. :- Doug.

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This is where you can

Posted on April 19, 2015 by dgermann

This is where you can let through your humanity—your kindness—the best self you ever thought you could be. :- Doug.

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I need a soft day

Posted on April 19, 2015 by dgermann

I need a soft day a day to ponder, reflect, to see the tracks of the larger :- Doug.

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grandchildren flowers and bugs

Posted on April 15, 2015 by dgermann

We show our grandchildren flowers and bugs and things of wonder. We know primally to arouse passions. :- Doug.

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Does the campfire watch us?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by dgermann

Does the campfire watch us, dream us, call us? :- Doug.

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When you will not see me

Posted on April 13, 2015 by dgermann

When you will not see me When my ideas and I have fallen back to Its for you Yet must I work to invite you to see and meet :- Doug.

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the dis-eases of dying?

Posted on April 3, 2015 by dgermann

What are the dis-eases of dying? Won’t be here Others will hurt Meaninglessness Forgotten Extreme medicalism :- Doug.

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first poet then lawyer

Posted on April 2, 2015 by dgermann

First a poet. Then a lawyer. :- Doug.

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Red, red! Flying at me!

Posted on April 2, 2015 by dgermann

Red, red! Flying at me! The cardinal Lifts away Just in time :- Doug.

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Thinnest of streams

Posted on April 2, 2015 by dgermann

The thinnest of streams The strongest Runs between us :- Doug.

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Deer stands alert in wood’s edge shadows

Posted on April 1, 2015 by dgermann

Deer stands alert in wood’s edge shadows You cannot see what you don’t want to see You cannot see what someone has not pointed out :- Doug.

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worse than not knowing what dying looks like

Posted on April 1, 2015 by dgermann

Worse than not knowing what dying looks like, we do not have any idea what living while dying can look like. :- Doug.

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Let’s not argue

Posted on March 31, 2015 by dgermann

Let’s not argue Let’s not fight Simply invite :- Doug.

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have here is a failure to

Posted on March 30, 2015 by dgermann

What we have here is a failure to imaginate. :- Doug.

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“I’m going to beat this”

Posted on March 29, 2015 by dgermann

“I’m going to beat this”—could mean living meaningfully till then. This may no longer mean hope for your body but there can always be hope for life. :- Doug.

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