Impermanence Poems - Poems about Impermanence

The light breaks gentle,   slips from the sky’s grip.   Leaves fall, not asking why—   their gold too soon gone,   like a whisper fading.   Time brushes past,   and all things soften,   quiet as dusk,   quick as breath.   Nothing holds forever,   but in the letting go,   something stays....Read the rest...

Eternal impermanence Walking in the past lives’ gardens is a kind gift from life Yes, this is a blessing from the life of fate. Benediction It’s just only I know what I mean about death, past, life Very interesting,...Read the rest...

And just like that, it slipped away. (9/3/24) ...Read the rest...

From quantum whispers, a universe awakens. A birth in stellar nurseries, where light ignites. Appearance and disappearance, a dance of creation, a cosmic ballet, everlasting and fleeting. Invisible to our limited sight, a mystery in swirling existence. Permanent yet ephemeral, a cosmic puzzle, beyond our grasp. What traces...Read the rest...

The residents slowly amble toward the buffet, some using canes or walkers, a few sitting on scooters, ...Read the rest...

At the end of the day, I pour my soul into these words, they say, These scars, they tell stories of my past, But they don't define me, they won't last. It's been a journey, finding joy amidst...Read the rest...

In the quiet of early morning, a dewdrop clings to the edge of a leaf, a fragile globe reflecting the first light. It trembles, a breath away from falling, a brief testament to the night's embrace. So too, our joys,...Read the rest...

("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...Read the rest...

Constructed, casting a common customary cornerstone Sublime, super-strong skyscrapers successfully survive Like many other matters, aren't these too destruction-prone? They break and fall, partially or wholly, like a beehive. Composed creatively; catchy; captivating; classic Mysteriously melodious; maddens many minds. Wafts in...Read the rest...

Crisp air, fallen leaves Shattered shapes, Whispering tales of metamorphosis. Their effortless art of surrender, Breaking down into the soil to serve the growth of others, Demonstrate the value of transition. They fulfill the circle of life, Becoming echoes of...Read the rest...

("Morphogenesis Merit Badge" - MB #37, 2011, original oil) A Good Day to Die (for Bill – 07/10/1925-10/14/2023) Another day dawns To the recognition It is both the beginning of The rest of your life And as good a day as any To...Read the rest...

("Yellow Moon", 2014, original block print) This Too Shall Pass The precarious balance The poignant bittersweet The agony of defeat The thrill of victory All we have gained All we have lost All that we love All that we fear Everything we know Everything imaginable Everything we...Read the rest...

I want to grow and age with you, And watch the seasons come and go, As both our bodies change with them, And love still burns within our souls I want to hold you in my arms, As days and...Read the rest...

The azure ecstasy of the glistening autumn sky fades away with the blizzard of the polar wind. As on the wings of winter the golden leaves fly, gone with the surge the fleeting joy of the mind. On...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...