Jeanne Mcgee Poet Tail-rhyme

Life To Death

Gazing out your window in contemplation of life mystified
Do you ever wonder to whom the call, to be your final guide
         So obvious our death seems after our given life

Do you look up to endless sky in times of triumphs or turbulence
Know that your days are formed of absolute impermanence
        So obvious our death awaits upon our remained life

Do you hang on to what you have with all your meager might
Or let go into the void without facing much of the anguished fight
             So obvious our death comes after our sacrifice



written:  May 28-2020

Triple Stanza Couplet Tail-Rhyme Poetry Contest

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Aditi Mishra July 7, 2020 at 4:40 AM Back to congratulate you on your win Jeanne. Blessings and love :)

Arturo Michael May 31, 2020 at 8:07 AM Well expressed here my friend...You're in the write...and I'll add, however we come and go...survival is now

Andrea Dietrich May 30, 2020 at 2:47 PM You chose a deep topic that I see people write about more and more these days. Great job with this tail rhyme. can't wait to try one too. Jeanne Mcgee May 30, 2020 at 3:54 PM thank you Andrea. I don't think I would have written of life and death yet it is all around us with Covid-19...yet with the prompt in the contest it got me to thinking. It is a deep subject that there is not getting around...with life comes death.

Aditi Mishra May 30, 2020 at 1:10 PM This is really deep and thought provoking Jeanne. I love the way you have described the arrival of death in the last lines of each stanza. Best wishes for the Contest :) Aditi Mishra May 31, 2020 at 12:54 PM Exactly my thoughts :D Jeanne Mcgee May 30, 2020 at 3:52 PM I love that we have these contests that make us things we might not otherwise...and learning new forms. I am not sure why I have never done a tail-rhyme before, :D

Caren Krutsinger May 30, 2020 at 7:05 AM "Do you hang on to what you have with all your meager might" - I really like this line and this poem. Jeanne Mcgee May 30, 2020 at 12:09 PM Thank you Caren...and I love the prompts we get that take me to places I could never foresee I would feel.