Category Archives: Death and living while dying
We’re tightly wound
We’re tightly wound A ribbon of DNA Inside the inside of the heart Of an egg At any point we can choose Wind tightly (We hope to keep the fear out) Or open (To let the love out—and in) Someday … Continue reading →
Death is a passage
Death is a passage Through an orchard There are fruits There are tangled parts Where few have been Orchards are part Human intervention Part natural processes Over yonder is the house Where I used to live On the other side … Continue reading →
In need of dying
I want to die kindly with others hearing me. I cannot give you any hard and fast rules. Just: be kind; be gentle; be loving; be wrapped in my love. I want you to converse together—you who love me, you … Continue reading →
Where’s the poetry?
Where’s the poetry in this? :- Doug.
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You maybe want to talk
You maybe want to talk about people who have died, or deaths you have witnessed, or medical care, or vivere dum mori (live while you are dying). :- Doug.
Death Café Death Over Dinner
Let us take Death Café and Death Over Dinner to a practical level. Let us meet for a day, a few families to round out our thinking and take it deeper, let us come out with knowing each other better, … Continue reading →
always larger
There is a larger way of looking at this. :- Doug.
Dying ain’t the business of doctors
Dying ain’t the business of doctors. Dying ain’t even a business. :- Doug.
Vivere dum mori
Live while you die. Vivere dum mori. :- Doug.
In this present illness
In this present illness when we each try to be strong for both of us strength may be more in sharing our weaknesses :- Doug.
opposite might also be true
The opposite might also be true. Living is the work of dying. :- Doug.
We all pour out our life
We all pour out our life In the living of our ordinary days Memento vivere :- Doug.
Young ears cannot
Young ears cannot hear Old ears catch subtle frequencies: Dying, deepening, sacred :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Death and living while dying, Eldering, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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If you are very ill
If you are very ill, how important is having a good day to you? What does having a good day mean? :- Doug.
You’ll probably know before your doctors
You’ll probably know before your doctors Before your family will say anything Now, before you cannot Things to do Last and best gifts Lessons to share Hugs to give Provide for family Make sense of it all Forgivenesses, good-byes Thank … Continue reading →
our last loving
Death for most of us No big ta-da! Expect only a sigh How prepare to give our last loving? What blessings give? What whole-making words and hugs? What messages? What send-ons for our family? :- Doug.
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stories matter most
In end of life, stories matter and matter most. In stories, what matters is the ending. Here in life we never know ending. More importantly we can make choices of how our chapter ends, how it prefigures the next. :- … Continue reading →