let me
be a raindrop
falling
deep into the earth
wild flowers in the spring
— Genie Nakano
from 25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #5lines #tanka
bind my body
with spanworm silk
lay me down
in a shaded garden
until I turn to earth
— Debbie Strange
from 25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #5lines #tanka
this body-mind
really knows what to do
knows when to rest
and when to sink
deep into the earth
— Gerry Jacobson
from 25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #5lines #tanka
should I rug up warmly
for this last adventure or strip naked
under a sheet?
take my favourite shirt
with me
— Sandra Renew
25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning w/their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #tanka
in time
the scythe will arc
right to left . . .
i will fall
to sleep
— Pat Geyer
from 25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #5lines #tanka
broken and torn by
this dark and stony track . . .
my race never ends
but ahead,
endless green meadows
— Denis M. Garrison
25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #tanka
captive of the wind
a tumbling thistle births life
as it dies
moon shadows wash over
the dreaming wasteland
— Kathryn J. Stevens
25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #tanka
like Heron, my Death
who waits with infinite
patience
and sees this living world
for the reflection it is
—Autumn Noelle Hall
25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature,Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #tanka
Has Zen taught you
anything about dying?
she eventually asked
sprung on me
like a snare
—Michael G. Smith
from 25 Death Poems, Atlas Poetica, Special Feature, Guest Editor Michael H. Lester, 2019
(an individual’s reckoning with their own death)
#micropoetry #jisei #tankapoem #5lines #tanka
All, Poetry Pea has a submission call for #haiku and #tanka poetry written with the poet’s mortality in mind. Similar to #jisei (jee-say) which are a poet’s death-bed poem. They have a couple of podcasts on this topic and the history of death-bed poems. Deadline is April 15th. #poetry
after countless tears
my eyes fall upon a dogwood
in bloom
~so brief those soft petals
alive below a golden moon
Featured online at Atlas Poetica, Keibooks. Special Feature: 25 Death Poems, editor Michael H. Lester, Aug 2019 #jisei #tanka #tankapoem #poetry
after countless tears
my eyes fall upon a dogwood
in bloom
~so brief those soft petals
alive below a golden moon
Featured online at Atlas Poetica, Keibooks. Special Feature: 25 Death Poems, editor Michael H. Lester, Aug 2019 #jisei #tanka #poetry
after countless tears
my eyes fall upon a dogwood
in bloom
~so brief those soft petals
alive below a golden moon
Featured online at Atlas Poetica, Keibooks. Special Feature: 25 Death Poems, editor Michael H. Lester, Aug 2019 #jisei #tanka
