Death Estate Poems

Advertised as an Estate Sale
Which I took to mean
Not just yard sale discards.

Here are some 
Of the things you could obtain:

Aluminum baking pans
Plastic punch bowl
Four...

Read More

They Riot.
They revel in frank spotlight, 
getting drunk in a boozy blitz. 
You can find them wrapped in the lush covers of pure linen on...

Read More

Circa February 28th, 1968 - The Former Leiper Estate

Soon after our family settled
into the sprawling estate
named "Glen Elm" approximate
half century old from date
mentioned in title,...

Read More

Estate sale, treasures only to those who once lived here. 
Stories long ago forgotten, maybe to never be told.
A somber event, people move wordlessly, occasionally...

Read More

Curl of smoky streaks
Joss stick messages;
Heaven bound

~~~~~~~~~


Temple visit
Feast day moments;
Talk to the dead

~~~~~~~~~


Bright Hill Temple
Where rites bring peace;
Family gathering

~~~~~~~~~


Temple verandah,
Spacious prayer courtyard;
Surreal this heaven

~~~~~~~~~


Closed eyes...

Read More

Earth's death seems to be in our stars
End comes from the greed planet's scars
But the rich have reach
And will visit the beach
Near estates they've purchased...

Read More

From far away
The people come
Wanting water
Wanting rum

In the fountain
They do see
A billion dollars
Glittering

The children stroll
Across the walk
At the table
Fathers talk

Happy glances
From mom to mom
In the...

Read More

I remember being in the sky with him
He was a pilot
He let me hold the stick
And now how awful he was betrayed while he was...

Read More

Once upon a time
On a plateau
In a French hiding place
because in my opinion somebody wrote some cheques
that kept bouncing back
soo much happened
and my father...

Read More