Zen Death Haiku
...Zen Death Haiku
Brittle cicada shell,
little did I know
you were my life!
—Shuho, translation by Michael R. Burch
Returning
as it came,
this naked worm.
—Shidoken, translation by Michael ...
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Categories:
toko, age, autumn, bereavement, death,
Form: Haiku
A Soulful Cry of Anguish Against Fate
...A Soulful Cry of Anguish against Fate
(“The Tale of the Lonely Ghost”, a film (2013) by ANUP SINGH - who collaborated on the screenplay as well, an Indian, a Sikh born in Dar-es-Salaam but sett...
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Categories:
toko, death, first love, grief,
Form: Elegy
Grace Kelly
...In Philadelphia, in the year 1929,
an actress was born that had a career that was fine.
Grace Kelly, the daughter of Jack and Margaret Kelly,
came from quite a distinguished Irish Catholic family....
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Categories:
toko, dedicationfilm, life,
Form: Rhyme