poetry

poetry

I take this continent with me into the grave.

I take this continent with me into the grave.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

All of these teeth had once been in real, live people. They had talked and smiled and eaten and sang and cursed and prayed. They had brushed and flossed and died. In English class, we read poems about death, but here, right in front of me was a poem about death too.

All of these teeth had once been in real, live people. They had talked and smiled and eaten and sang and cursed and prayed. They had brushed and flossed and died. In English class, we read poems about death, but here, right in front of me was a poem about death too.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

If birth is a manifestation of life, death is another.

If birth is a manifestation of life, death is another.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Life into death— Life’s other shape, No rupture, Only crossing.

Life into death— Life’s other shape, No rupture, Only crossing.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Every thought about death takes a moment of life away.

Every thought about death takes a moment of life away.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

An aged man is but a paltry thing,A tattered coat upon a stick, unlessSoul clap its hands and sing, and louder singFor every tatter in its mortal dress

An aged man is but a paltry thing,A tattered coat upon a stick, unlessSoul clap its hands and sing, and louder singFor every tatter in its mortal dress

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For thou must die.

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For thou must die.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Raise from your bed of languorRaise from your bed of dismayYour friends will not come tomorrowAs they did not come todayYou must rely on yourself, they said,You must rely on yourself,Oh but I find this pill so bitter said the poor manAs he took it from the shelfCrying, O sweet Death come to meCome to me for company,Sweet Death it is only you I canConstrain for company.

Raise from your bed of languorRaise from your bed of dismayYour friends will not come tomorrowAs they did not come todayYou must rely on yourself, they said,You must rely on yourself,Oh but I find this pill so bitter said the poor manAs he took it from the shelfCrying, O sweet Death come to meCome to me for company,Sweet Death it is only you I canConstrain for company.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

A Parting GuestWhat delightful hosts are they—Life and Love!Lingeringly I turn away,This late hour, yet glad enoughThey have not withheld from meTheir high hospitality.So, with face lit with delightAnd all gratitude, I stayYet to press their hands and say,Thanks.—So fine a time! Good night.

A Parting GuestWhat delightful hosts are they—Life and Love!Lingeringly I turn away,This late hour, yet glad enoughThey have not withheld from meTheir high hospitality.So, with face lit with delightAnd all gratitude, I stayYet to press their hands and say,Thanks.—So fine a time! Good night.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

When I shut my eyes on this world I'll finally have peace.

When I shut my eyes on this world I'll finally have peace.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

We all must face death and walk with it. But we also must love and live in it.

We all must face death and walk with it. But we also must love and live in it.

Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

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