by Amanda C Vesty | Jul 10, 2021 | Beliefs in Afterlife, Death, End of Life Planning, Poetry
The Ballard of the Penguin of Death – Method 412 The penguin softly calls you from his palace in the snow. Though every sinew holds you back you know that you must go. And when you’ve made the journey ‘cross the barren icy land, The Penguin simply nods and says, “I...
by Amanda C Vesty | May 12, 2021 | Celebration of Life, Mindfulness, Poetry, Uncategorised
The journey is short An elderly woman got on a bus and sat down. At the next stop, a strong, grumpy young woman climbed up and sat down beside the old woman, hitting her with her numerous bags. When she saw that the elderly woman remained silent, the young...
by Amanda C Vesty | Apr 29, 2021 | Death, Grief, Poetry, Uncategorised
I I weep for Adonais—he is dead! Oh, weep for Adonais! though our tears Thaw not the frost which binds so dear a head! And thou, sad Hour, selected from all years To mourn our loss, rouse thy obscure compeers, And teach them...
by Amanda C Vesty | Mar 30, 2021 | Death, Grief, Poetry, Uncategorised
TIME DOES NOT BRING RELIEF Time does not bring relief; you all have lied Who told me time would ease me of my pain! I miss him in the weeping of the rain; I want him at the shrinking of the tide; The old snows melt from every mountain-side, And last year’s...
by Amanda C Vesty | Mar 1, 2021 | Celebration of Life, Death, Environment, Poetry, Uncategorised
Fair Daffodils, we weep to seeYou haste away so soon;As yet the early-rising sunHas not attain’d his noon.Stay, stay,Until the hasting dayHas runBut to the even-song;And, having pray’d together, weWill go with you along. We have short time to stay,...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jan 24, 2021 | Death, Poetry, Trees The Green Legacy
A poem by the seventh Dalai Lama “On each branch of the trees in my garden Hang clusters of fruit, swelling and ripe. In the end, not one piece will remain. My mind turns to thoughts of my death.” – Seventh Dalai Lama-
