Poems of Death and Rebirth 2016
“Think carefully
of what is offered
what is kept
and where it goes.”
“The sky, the stars, the ocean
the mountains
plants, animals
enlightenment.”
“The cycle is complete
only to begin once again
Wonder, awakenings, growth
The journey continues
Until”
“The year has fled
Feeling left nbehind
Looking for sparks of adventure.”
“As the sky is lit with
A thousand stars that no longer exist
May I continue to shine in your memory.”
“This heart explodes and all its selfiness leaks out,
and all the light floods in.
And then none of that matters.
What a relief!”
“Looking back ...
I have been more dead
at times alive,
than I will be
dead”
““Golden years”
”Twilight years”
mask reality
Bodies fail,
Minds do too
friends die
What does it take to ponder Mary Oliver’s
grasshopper
What do we plan to do with this
”one wild and precious life”?
Welcome, old friend.”
“I look in the mirror and now I see
A compassionate being
looking back at me.”
“Impermanence. Hooray!
1. Judgements gone.
2. Disagreements gone.
3. Ego gone.
What’s not to like about that?
”
“Chairs in the attic
wood in the shop
gotta get at it
chop, chop ———chop
Oh, really?”
“Running my own estate sale
Slowly.”
“My life
a path
The grandchildren
follow.”
“Birds soar
The sun and
moon eclipse
Me, too.”
“What do I know
of death,
me who knew
so little of living.”
“My heart
The clock that
marks time
soon still”
“The Buddha
with her
large lap
Look for me
there.”
“If I could
rewind it all and
start over
again I
wouldn’t.”
“I tell myself
Lies but
death is the
truth.”
“Of all the groups
impermanence
is the most exclusive”
“Death a
lesson which
needs no
practicing.”
“Finally,
no to do
list.”
“Climbing endless steps
toward the Golden Buddha at dawn.
Snow falling, fog thickening
as the sky lightens.
Unable to see more than shapes
All is shrouded in mystery.”