Category Archives: Poetry

enormity and immediacy

Posted on March 15, 2015 by dgermann

Looking out the window I got a sense of the enormity and immediacy that is the all there is. :- Doug.

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It’s OK

Posted on March 13, 2015 by dgermann

It’s OK I don’t know if it’s OK I love you Calming you Calming me It’s OK As someone left After you Accompanying Only so far Do I say it For me? It’s OK :- Doug.

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uncomfortable

Posted on March 12, 2015 by dgermann

Led to the edge Take the conversation to where I’m uncomfortable :- Doug.

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As my grandchildren mature

Posted on March 12, 2015 by dgermann

As my grandchildren mature my stories need to change to deepen :- Doug.

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You are afraid

Posted on March 11, 2015 by dgermann

You are afraid of opening yourself to grief, suffering, loss, to all the negative our world can make: because all is parcel of all these include living’s joy and intensity go and open anyway :- Doug.

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We have seasons

Posted on March 11, 2015 by dgermann

We have seasons We pass through them Or they pass through us No matter which Now we are faced with this Non ease which will end us Compel us in snowy cold To remove our garment of skin and hair … Continue reading →

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Brides, Babies, and Bills

Posted on March 11, 2015 by dgermann

Brides, Babies, and Bills Take the wild out Of the young man Serve Us :- Doug.

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You only cook special things

Posted on March 10, 2015 by dgermann

You only cook special things for other people I make you things each day and give up some things I love Ahh yes, the everyday! :- Doug.

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For others, for others

Posted on March 10, 2015 by dgermann

This dying might be your now To do your highest Work For others, for others Only in the For For you :- Doug.

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Live live your death

Posted on March 10, 2015 by dgermann

Live live your death Not merely comfort: Meaning :- Doug.

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Die a death fitting for your living

Posted on March 9, 2015 by dgermann

This chapter can reframe All the rest Die a death fitting for your living This is the Work Here your spirit shows through Now you teach now you learn Up you might go as you away This can be your … Continue reading →

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he-he

Posted on March 8, 2015 by dgermann

Every time you and your wife interact, you are a different you, she a different she-she and you a different he-he. :- Doug.

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Will I be relevant to me?

Posted on March 8, 2015 by dgermann

Will I be relevant to me? A year or two from now? A step or two down my road? :- Doug.

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open and trade

Posted on March 6, 2015 by dgermann

What I open is my heart What I trade is my story :- Doug.

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From my tree stand

Posted on March 6, 2015 by dgermann

From my tree stand I photograph what goes on just below how you—we—enculturated enculturating treat those a few years ahead of us in line :- Doug.

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Now I don’t matter

Posted on March 6, 2015 by dgermann

Now I don’t matter I don’t care I don’t know the difference Your actions speak Even in Now My individuality matters I am not a thing Grist for your mill A task in your list I am A person Who … Continue reading →

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Elderly is a dismissal;

Posted on March 5, 2015 by dgermann

Elderly is a dismissal; Elder is a term of respect, reverence, veneration :- Doug.

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