Wednesday, March 23, 2011

WHAT ISN'T A CIRCLE STILL CIRCLES SOMETHING


If Life

If life is, despite impermanence,
sometimes so sweet as this-
Spring sprung to commence
like an afternoon kiss.

Sometimes so sweet as this-
This stranger appears in my heart
like an afternoon kiss,
setting a moment apart.

This stranger appears in my heart,
a beginning burning open,
setting a moment apart,
and not one word spoken.

A beginning burning open,
Spring sprung to commence,
and not one word spoken-
exquisite impermanence.


&
For the other side of living
READ THE WHOLE REVIEW
 
"Dana Levin’s third book,
Sky Burial, takes us on a virtual tour of responses to death, from human sacrifice to scientific interest in decaying corpses, from mythology about the River Styx to Buddhist temple offerings for lost babies."
http://therumpus.net/2011/03/you-may-say-fist-you-may-say-teeth/





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