Chasuble Poems | Examples

Under the Bodhi Tree

for Neil on his birthday

is where we begin our quest,
seeking enlightenment, 
four revelers on a merry ferry 
ride, windows down to a watery 
wind, cold in winter, gentle in 
July on this occasion of a 95th 
year of celebration: fruitful, 
loving, gift-giving from a man
of long tenure, a span of years
he shared with us: turned-
round collar, chasuble robe, 
bell-ringer, server at the Supper 
of The  Lamb, still the Head 
of our spiritual table.
  
     The Bodhi Tree is where the Buddha is said
      to have entered nirvana.  Bodhi Trees are
      planted near all Buddhist monasteries