Category Archives: Poetry
Hear me, O hear me!
Hear me, O hear me! Into agreement One minute in a circle Let us hear What each needs To have heard Love pain grief & laughter :- Doug.
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mystery draws us
In conversation it is mystery not mastery that draws us together—shared spontaneity, creativity, synergy, tears, laughter—and ultimately intimate vulnerability. :- Doug.
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though it produces no effects
Converse though it produces no effects Conversing is love expended The only needed reason to engage :- Doug.
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Forgetting is a reminder
Forgetting is a reminder For me to be present Just now To larger To particular :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Eldering, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Future can rewrite past, soft brush
Healing reframes whole lives. Future can rewrite past, we can use a soft brush, a new color. :- Doug.
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If I can’t remember the word
If I can’t remember the word, I will be still. Not for the word to come, but for what is more profound. :- Doug.
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Gaps in our speech
The gaps in our speech—even aphasias—can be invitations to come rest in silence…. What if precisely then we stopped to listen? Both of us? There is a rhythm to weather, the low pressure drawing wind out of the high pressure, … Continue reading
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Yes, this is painful
Yes, this is painful Yes, this is hard Yes, we can do it :- Doug.
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Everything–O!
Today we have a place to Breathe for you Eat for you & Keep you safely Medicated —Everything you’d ever Want—O my! :- Doug.
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Even that
Even that Let go :- Doug.
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How to love in a nursing home?
How to love in a nursing home? How do we bring life to Mom? A good day to Dad? :- Doug.
going where we are helpless
Our best humanity is found in going where we are helpless. :- Doug.
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All the wind–
All the wind— It’s a great ventilating day All the clouds— The day is working us All the sun— The living day is generating, generating :- Doug.
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Rhymes not needed, verse not needed:
Poetry means expressing the person, and the person is always in community, always a community. Poetry means the something more, the something larger. Poetry includes a rolling up of sleeves and setting to work. It means beauty, truth, goodness. It … Continue reading
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