New Beginnings
As winds start to blow Autumn takes the last flower Dropping withered seeds Back to hardened, fallow earth Destined to be born again Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Frank Tassone is hosting D’Verse Poets tonight and has prompted us with Jisei (Japanese Death Poems)
Jisei were often written in waka (tanka) or haiku, but death poems are not restricted to those forms. What is essential is the expression of both imminent death and the significance of life in the face of it. In this sense, Jisei is the poetry of both memorial and celebration.
This sounds so barren and hopeless until the turn at the final line: beautiful!
Thanks Ingrid
Beautiful reflection on the cycle of life Christine, well written.
Thank you so much Rob. I love squeezing it into a tanka. I do post Haikus every single day … they teach
me to condense my thoughts ☺️
And THAT, Ladies and gentlemen, is how it’s done. Jisei-wonderful, Christine.
Awww so sweet of you Ron. Thanks so much. I love a Tanka and now I’m loving Jisei ☺️
I wonderful poem, Christine, giving us hope of new life, even in the darkest of times.
Thanks Chris. What’s old is new and what dies lives again 🥰
I love the sounds in your tanka, Christine, the ‘ow’ in ‘blow’, ‘flower’ and ‘fallow’ together with ‘withered’ makes a powerful wuthering sound. The ending is full of hope.
Thank you Kim. For some reason I was back in primary school and we were doing nature study and learning how to germinate seeds ☺️ Happy memories.
Here’s a song for your poem….
https://youtu.be/_nWl7YGjIuU
Beautiful Ivor. Thank you 🥰
My pleasure Christine
I love your poem of death and the hope for renewed life!
Thanks Dwight. It’s inevitable, isn’t it 🙂
No matter what, no matter who, no matter when, the seeds of new life are always waiting in the wings to germinate when the time is right. Very daoist, Christine!
Very eloquently said Lisa. Thanks for wise words 🥰
🙂 <3
That cycle is what keeps us going.
Yes, it makes wonder if we are t all just specks of energy and we just keep going and going 🙂
Love this poem
Thank you ☺️💕
You’re welcome 😉
And autumn winds are blowing… but all is “Destined to be born again”.
Thank you so much ☺️ It’s the circle of life for all living things for sure 💕
Powerful, powerful writing.
Thank you so much Lucy. I am always comfortable writing about nature 🙂💕