Sonomabuzz

Author: Gerry

  • Here’s to the bright and shiny things

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    Here’s to the bright and shiny things
    Here’s to the loves that my life brings
    Here’s to the sharing now
    Because life turns out this way somehow
    Here’s to the sharing with any who carry
    The light of kindness overcoming blindness

    Sharing now
    Sharing space
    Sharing life
    Sharing grace

    Whole earth moved around the sun
    Never left, not anyone
    Earth each day with light of dawn
    Brings to life all that abounds
    Through the day ‘til sun goes down
    Handling life with all around
    Life unbound is held somehow
    To all the sharing we do now
    Sharing this and sharing that
    Life goes on despite the cat
    How we do is life emerging
    Energy in time is surging
    Held together by life’s urging
    Held together across space and time
    Living out our lives sublime
    Mystery held without a doubt

    Being here
    Being here
    Being alive
    Without a doubt

    <><><><><><><><><><><><><> 05/27/16

  • Alas, a poem for Anne

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    The wind came up
    The field grasses wavered
    And bent on their stems
    Two white butterflies
    Flew through the meadow
    Dancing around each other
    Floating and flapping on the wind
    They made their way
    To the western edge
    Then one white butterfly
    Landed in the grass
    And the other flew on alone
    To the place where a long dead tree
    Leaned on a living tree.

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    Happy Anniversary to Us - 29 years and counting
    Smiles and kisses
    Dreams and schemes
    Plans and hopes
    Made up this thing
    Random lucky breaks
    And hard work and sweat

    Smiles and kisses
    Dreams and schemes
    Happy children
    Long days and sleepy nights
    Words and looks
    Things from books

    Smiles and kisses
    Dreams and schemes
    Days of caring
    Days of sharing
    Lifetime legacy
    After all this

    Smiles and kisses
    Dreams and schemes
    Hopes and visions
    Small changes
    Big changes
    Major setbacks
    Lived through with grace and stamina

    Smiles and kisses
    Dreams
    Dreams foregone and fulfilled
    Schemes aplenty
    But mostly simply
    Being
    Being together
    Through all this

    Smiles and kisses
    Simple joys
    Happy dinners
    Sons all grown
    All of them sharing
    Smiles and kisses
    Smiles and kisses
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 09/11/13

    It’s not about fighting. It’s about being. Therese
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  • Winning

    The Faces of Rent Stabilization in Santa Rosa
    Power responds to power
    Kindness responds to kindness
    Civility responds to civility
    When people exercise power
    With kindness and civility
    People win
    All people
    All of us will be satisfied
    If we conduct ourselves
    Powerfully
    Kindly
    Civilly

    Potencia responde al poder
    La bondad a la piedad
    Civilidad responde a la civilidad
    Nos pueblo ejerce el poder
    con amabilidad y cortesía
    Las personas ganan
    Todos
    Todos vamos a estar satisfechos
    Si nos conducimos
    Poderosamente
    Amablemente
    Civilmente

    تستجيب السلطة إلى السلطة
    اللطف يستجيب إلى اللطف
    الكياسة وتستجيب لالكياسة
    نحن شعب ممارسة السلطة
    مع اللطف والكياسة
    تربح الناس
    كل الناس
    وعلينا جميعا أن نرضى
    إذا كان لنا أن نتصرف
    بقوة
    يرجى
    بتهذيب

    动力响应电源
    善良回应恩情
    礼貌回应文明
    我们人民行使权力
    用善良和礼貌
    笼络人心
    所有人
    我们所有的人会感到满意
    如果我们自己行为
    有力
    和蔼
    民事

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  • But, for the rest of us

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    But, for the rest of us
    The time has come
    to stand up
    if we can
    Or sit together
    And raise up
    our thoughts and votes
    to the heights
    they need to arise

    Yes, and, for the rest of us
    The gathering time has arrived
    We arise in loving response
    to our sisters and brothers
    All of us care for each one.
    That is how the world should be

    for the rest of us.
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    Inspired by Tim Konrad

  • Homeless Count 2016

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    A record number of volunteers came out
    To see what they could do about
    Sisters and brothers sleeping in trees
    Living lives with heads held high, while crawling on their knees
    Found cats sleeping in cars
    Sleeping underneath the stars
    Mothers or fathers, sisters or brothers, right there beside them
    Friends at the bottom sharing a life besotten
    of turmoil then gladness
    despite all the sadness
    Beside each other life is complete
    with spirit and companions there is no defeat
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 01/29/16 for Marie

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  • A life declared

    Fall, Petaluma

    An ongoing life declared
    Blessings upon blessings
    goodness upon goodness
    light upon day
    time upon being
    present upon present
    revelation upon movement
    then upon now
    now upon the future
    future life declared

  • Fingertip counting

    Fingertip counting
    Syllables shaping poem
    Got to write it down
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  • Blessings are not deserved

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    Blessings are not deserved
    Blessings are bestowed
    Upon those who wait
    Expectantly breathing
    Recognizing the power
    Which flows in each of us.
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    Being alone together
    Gives time to tie the heart strings.
    Together we are not alone.
    The time frame of hearts intertwines through.
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  • Just a thought

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    I am pretty certain that I underestimated you.
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  • The sunlight belongs to all

    Humboldt Redwoods, Founders Grove in smoky light
    Redwood trees of the California Coast have stood strong for hundreds and thousands of years.
    When someone visits these incredibly large trees along the “Avenue of the Giants” the lessons to be learned might have something to tell about the local culture and hierarchy.

    The redwood groves have layers of climate and environment; micro climates are distinct.
    At the base the roots reach out among the trees. And as the roots grow intertwined the trees help hold each other up by their linkage.
    The forest floor amongst the redwoods is rich and moist and a place of peace. Respect for age and size and interdependence of each tree on the other trees is experienced here.
    In the middle range of the trees there is life among the branches. Birds and mice and flying squirrels move about, living a life in the middle.
    In the top reaches of the tree, up among the rich sunlight, the newest growth reaches up. The moisture of the fog as pulled in to refresh the sun drenched branches

    The people who are among the top branches of the Redwood Empire may see themselves as the ones entitled to the sunlight, they may feel the fog belongs to them. To be accurate though, the fog reaches the entire tree and nurtures the entire forest. The sunlight belongs to all.

    The people at the base of our society are the ones to hold up the tree. The forests is made up of intertwined relationships which form all cohesiveness and collaboration.
    <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 07/30/15
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