Category Archives: Poetry

make dying good

Posted on March 28, 2015 by dgermann

In what ways have you seen people make their dying good? :- Doug.

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this time is profound

Posted on March 27, 2015 by dgermann

What have you seen around dying that’s profound? :- Doug.

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braids life

Posted on March 27, 2015 by dgermann

Conversing braids life. Or maybe the other way around, around. :- Doug.

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Why do we from the hospital

Posted on March 26, 2015 by dgermann

Why do we from the hospital Seek home? It is the place of life Where we are known And live What does this say about How we hospital? :- Doug.

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Love your fear

Posted on March 26, 2015 by dgermann

Slow down. Dive deep. With these people. Love your fear. :- Doug.

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Memento vivere

Posted on March 24, 2015 by dgermann

Remember to live while you’re dying. Memento vivere dum mori. :- Doug.

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extreme medicalism

Posted on March 24, 2015 by dgermann

This is the dis-ease— dying under extreme medicalism This is the antidote— Imagination :- Doug.

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a bright red cardinal

Posted on March 24, 2015 by dgermann

a bright red cardinal sitting in my maple of a winter’s day focusing my whole world a lens through :- Doug.

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dying hooked up

Posted on March 23, 2015 by dgermann

Dying hooked up to beeping machines is a failure of imagination :- Doug.

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It takes all the imagination

Posted on March 23, 2015 by dgermann

It takes all the imagination together we can muster to live fully when we are dying :- Doug.

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Let’s imagine

Posted on March 23, 2015 by dgermann

Let’s imagine days full of living with one another :- Doug.

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still bloom

Posted on March 22, 2015 by dgermann

There is nothing that says it all Life is always moving We wake to a new world each morning Since nothing is fixed Flowers and dreams still bloom :- Doug.

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Is it about how long you live

Posted on March 17, 2015 by dgermann

Is it about how long you live Or how much you live? How would you make your days Full of life? Some prefer quantity because they Can’t imagine How to fill days with life :- Doug.

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It is not right to give up

Posted on March 17, 2015 by dgermann

It is not right to give up We need to sustain Mother’s life But give up what? Beeping machines, blood draws at 2 am, Strangers changing her diaper? Holding a grandchild? Recognizing her husband? :- Doug.

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There comes a now

Posted on March 16, 2015 by dgermann

There comes a now For me to give up cure And work on healing. :- Doug.

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say the thing

Posted on March 15, 2015 by dgermann

Words can lead us up to the window and then they stand in the way. :- Doug.

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stand in the way

Posted on March 15, 2015 by dgermann

Words can lead us up to the window and then they stand in the way. :- Doug.

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