Quabbin Hike in February

Snow covering ev-
erything. No Place to sit!
Trudge _Trudge Trudge _Trudge Trudge


-Jim DuBois
Feb 19, 2017

Working Class Wisdom #4

A young woman,
talking to her friends
in the parking lot,
proudly, defiantly,
pointing at herself,
"Stains make a shirt
more unique!"


-Jim DuBois
Aug 9, 2016

Working Class Wisdom #5
Working Class Wisdom #3

No Loitering (photo)

Peace and longing

Peace and longing,
one in each hand.
How can this be?


-Jim DuBois
March 6, 2012

the same world

Brilliant clarity
in the sunlight,
sinking feeling
in my heart,
how are they
in the same world?


-Jim DuBois
March 6, 2012

Now when it rains

Now when it rains,
you can't drive me home


-Jim DuBois
April 3, 2012

but sometimes

We can't talk
but sometimes
we can dance


-Jim DuBois
May 30, 2006

not unhappy

not unhappy
not unhappy
not unhappy...

what is this feeling?


-Jim DuBois
March 19, 2015

Again

Again,
I have no answers
for the absurdity
of life


-Jim DuBois
March 11, 2015

PH...

I don't have
a PHD
but I do have
a PH level
and sometimes I think
that's what really counts.


-Jim DuBois
March 23, 2000

Still Beautiful

Sometimes
it is
still beautiful
despite everything


-Jim DuBois
Oct 29, 2014

That Patio

That patio
outside the hospital
where you
were born
- no better place
exists.


-Jim DuBois
Oct 29, 2014

Everywhere

The sun shines everywhere.
Love is moments away.

-Jim DuBois
March 12, 2012 - April 9, 2014

Strange night peace, again

Strange night peace, again.
What is going on?
I'm crying and ___ is watching over me.


-Jim DuBois
March 21, 2012

Late night peace

Late night peace.
____ is with me,
whatever that means.


-Jim DuBois
Mar 20, 2012

Watching the Ink Dry

-Jim DuBois

Your house, without you

Your house, without you
I stopped by for some bread
The screen door clicks shut


-Jim DuBois
May 13, 2010

You are a Spider

You are a spider
You are capturing
moments of love
Your web breaks easily
Luckily, you were made
to build webs well


-Jim DuBois
c2006

Sometimes, Temporarily

Sometimes, temporarily,
instead of
always or never

yeah,

sometimes, temporarily


-Jim DuBois
Aug 19, 2013

Sometimes you notice

Sometimes you notice
you live in a beautiful place



-Jim DuBois
Aug 13, 2013