Impermanent Poems - Poems about Impermanent

Among the sky, Among the earth, Among the sand, Among the dirt, Among the sleet, Among the snow— Rests impermanence, our only home. ...

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Transient Impermanent cherry blossoms burst a breeze scatters petals down denuded branches alight echoes of bells shrill in quiet quelled silent shrine no one ever came empty teacup warm with steaming curls baited breath never rose at all an old pine tree that has seen it all befall before still waiting for snow moonlit pond reflects a timeline, now intransient none ever looked up old pond ripples fade the leap of a...

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("Spinning Earth", 2016) The Impermanent What is impermanent, by definition, Doesn’t last and can’t remain, And what is not impermanent? Yet each of us has a lingering thought That something must be. So we habitually project this intuition, This inner knowing of the most holy, Onto the everyday and profane. We think maybe we are somehow permanent Or maybe what we create, what we...

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No seed that’s on the earth ground It’s tree now, offering the shadow And life of sound No green leaves there are It’s yellow to withered And blow away far My forefathers, many of them Now hanging on the photo frame One day I’ll be the same Dawn sun comes and goes daily Dusk to a dark night in the same way time never...

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The rain taps soft against the windowpane I've always loved listening to the rain The wind slowly carries my only deep peace All of the struggles and miseries release Nature soothes my confused young soul This world of mine has taken its toll All of life is only a temporary stay The trees and plants will all rot away We are all...

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