Poems of Death and Rebirth 2023
“The winter wind clears
The brush from summer gardens
Awaiting springtime. ”
“Impermanence! Impermanence!
I love that the hard times
Also pass.”
“Her dog has died.
A sister waits for the other shoe to drop
Before she moves from her home. ”
“a snowy breeze
whirls a pill bug husk
across the sill”
“When the appearances of this life dissolve,
May I with ease and great happiness,
Let go of all attachment to this life,
Like a child returning home.
”
“When I left the rules behind
And did the wrong thing
I fell into happiness.
I found my truth —
Cannabis + meditation = happiness.
May you find yours.
Thank you for having me.”
“pale sun, I make thin shadows
playing peek-a-boo
with the cosmos.
”
“ Moving Day
All of these people
Living in my house
Where will they live now?”
“ What it is
It is what it is
It is not what it is, so
It is what it is”
“ Out Breath
When my breathing stops
Within my final out breath
Will be, “I love you””
“Painless
My age keeps on climbing before me
Each passing year, less I am pain-free
But death will soon come
And my life will here from
A painless fresh corpse I will then be”
“Encore
For my final trick
I will stop my beating heart
And then I will die”
“ Accumulation
Accumulation
Of a lifetime of treasures
No longer needed
Accumulation
Of a lifetime of treasures
Go on without me
Accumulation
Of a lifetime of treasures
Friends and family
Accumulation
Of a lifetime of treasures
Only love survives”
“Wormcast
The solstice of summer has past
Each day grows closer to the last
Have I lived my life well?
And how will I tell
If I was ever much more than wormcast?”
“Basking in living
Take advantage of each moment
Until the final breath
”
“Turning pages
Events jump out
Calm surprise”
“Time criss-crosses
Through my mind
I breathe now...
And I am home again. ”