Today we scattered Don's ashes, and Joya read a beautifully written account of her closeness with Don and Barbara. A number of others reminisced about Don as well.
We buried Don's ashes beneath a magnolia tree to the west of the room he shared with Barbara. We will miss him. This,except for the minerals his ashes will give the soil, I suppose completes his journey on earth. Or "completes his journey on earth."
Two Japanese death poems:
The joy of dewdrops
in the grass as they
Turn back to vapor.
-- Koraku (Japanese Haiku poet)
died 1837
I read this one aloud… with many undercurrents going on…
A bright and pleasant
Autumn day
To make death's journey.
--Fukyu (Haiku poet)
d. 1771
Today was a lovely autumn day, though Don actually died May 5, 2009.
( Love that poet's name!)
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