Poems of Death and Rebirth 2016

 

“Think carefully
of what is offered
what is kept
and where it goes.”
— Shintai Dungay
“The sky, the stars, the ocean
the mountains
plants, animals
enlightenment.”
— Michele Heifetz
“The cycle is complete
only to begin once again
Wonder, awakenings, growth
The journey continues
Until”
— Michele Heifetz
“The year has fled
Feeling left nbehind
Looking for sparks of adventure.”
— Michele Heifetz
“As the sky is lit with
A thousand stars that no longer exist
May I continue to shine in your memory.”
— Isaac Heifetz
“This heart explodes and all its selfiness leaks out,
and all the light floods in.
And then none of that matters.
What a relief!”
— Emilie Teiko
“Looking back ...
I have been more dead
at times alive,
than I will be
dead”
— Kim Wood-Saldana
““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.”
— Connie Ryan
“I look in the mirror and now I see
A compassionate being
looking back at me.”
— Monica Smith
“Impermanence. Hooray!
1. Judgements gone.
2. Disagreements gone.
3. Ego gone.
What’s not to like about that?
”
— Nancy Ashely
“Chairs in the attic
wood in the shop
gotta get at it
chop, chop ———chop

Oh, really?”
— Brucy Ryan
“Running my own estate sale
Slowly.”
— Bruce Ryan
“My life
a path
The grandchildren
follow.”
— Sharon Wood Wortman
“Birds soar
The sun and
moon eclipse
Me, too.”
— Sharon Wood Wortman
“What do I know
of death,
me who knew
so little of living.”
— Sharon Wood Wortman
“My heart
The clock that
marks time
soon still”
— Sharon Wood Wortman
“The Buddha
with her
large lap
Look for me
there.”
— Sharon Wood Wortman
“If I could
rewind it all and
start over
again I
wouldn’t.”
— Sharon Wood Whartman
“I tell myself
Lies but
death is the
truth.”
— Sharon Wood Wortman
“Of all the groups
impermanence
is the most exclusive”
— Sharon Wood Wortman
“Death a
lesson which
needs no
practicing.”
— Sharon Wood Wortman
“Finally,
no to do
list.”
— Sharon Wood Wortman
“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.”
— Penny Mock