Category Archives: Poetry
Alzheimer’s is not a solitary disease
Alzheimer’s is not a solitary disease It is the dis-ease of being made solitary :- Doug.
Love is not
Love is not What we think It is :- Doug.
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The words we lose
The words we lose The beauty we find The beauty takes away our breath :- Doug.
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Love is not normal
Love is not normal Love is not comfortable Until you dare :- Doug.
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My dream a world conversing
My dream a world conversing And look! It’s working! Traffic flows on streets and highways Business and government intermix Flowing around each other Ambulances, police, fire All one people helping people, loving Conversing :- Doug.
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Beyond reverence for life
Beyond reverence for life, engage life. Put life into conversation with itself. :- Doug.
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If you want to grow happier, grow older
If you want to grow happier, grow older. Or at least have a near-life experience. :- Doug.
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Youth and elders share a common wisdom:
Youth and elders Share a common wisdom: Discretion can prevent The good we could do :- Doug.
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work is conversation
My work is conversation Conversation is love Much of my conversation revolves around nursing homes :- Doug.
leaf trying to hold on
Describing conversation is like a leaf trying to hold on to the wind. :- Doug.
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love your families
I’m not out to compete with others— I’m here to help my clients love their families :- Doug.
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Grabbery
There be more in the human heart Than grabbery And pushing away: There resides deep and seldom admitted The need—the need— For justice For others For binding of wounds For being heard For coming closer together For coming closer to … Continue reading
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drifting together, together
I gather the covers around my neck The constellation about my soul We cast off, drifting together, together :- Doug.
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