Repost : Mt. Vernon, at Qing Ming
I have been very busy with work lately. So i guess i will just repost an old post today. It was a poem that I had written for the National Arts Council's 2005 Golden Point Awards. The picture is recent. :)
image by dsnake1
Mt. Vernon, at Qing Ming
It seems like only yesterday
that we lost them
the memories are so fresh.
We light the candles & the incense
rearrange the fruits & joss
with clasped hands
bow to loved ones long gone
remembering sweet secrets we shared.
& licked by hungry flames
paper offerings
their ashes flutter
like unfulfilled dreams
& shifting in the wind
with the smoke and the chatter
a hint of frangipanni.
It seems like only yesterday
that we lost them
the portraits are so new.
09-04-2001
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image by dsnake1
Mt. Vernon, at Qing Ming
It seems like only yesterday
that we lost them
the memories are so fresh.
We light the candles & the incense
rearrange the fruits & joss
with clasped hands
bow to loved ones long gone
remembering sweet secrets we shared.
& licked by hungry flames
paper offerings
their ashes flutter
like unfulfilled dreams
& shifting in the wind
with the smoke and the chatter
a hint of frangipanni.
It seems like only yesterday
that we lost them
the portraits are so new.
09-04-2001
**********
Labels: Poetry, qing ming, Remembrance
posted by dsnake1 at 9:19 PM
12 Comments:
beautifully poignant.
thank you, polona.
i can only echo polona's comment
the pain of grief really comes across
vivid poignancy.....
Spring is a good time for remembering and honoring. Good repost--especially since I missed the first.
floots,
thank you.
it's a time for remembering the departed.
magiceye,
thanks!
pat,
thank you. except for a few clean-ups for tenses, no revision. :)
QingMing is, i think, like your culture's All Souls Day.
new or old, I like it!
thanks, andrew.
look out for more old stuff coming out. :)
I like this repost as I missed it out before! Great picture too.
poignantly beautiful!
This is very touching and beautiful, as a dsnake poem would be. :) When you are close to someone, their passing always seem recent when you think about them.
But I also want to read your new poems. :(
hi gautami,
thanks!
as i said to andrew, more reposts coming up!
i tried to do a chinese brush painting of 2 oranges, didn't turn out exactly as i wanted. :)
hi liz,
thanks!
"as a dsnake poem would be."
so when did i acquire a trademark? :)
alson, alson
my old poems no good meh? :)
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