pickThis is a compelling collection. I had never considered the experience of death in the Buddhist tradition or the many places we cross death's path. Understanding the background a little helped but wasn't required to be moved by these poems.
This is our next #fable bookclub read!
I started it on the first and it is amazing so far. The poetry collection is based on the 49 days between death and reincarnation. Has anyone read it already?
"Flowers chirp like birds with blood-stained beaks, they keep spitting their bloodied teeth"
-"Lowering the Coffin: Day Thirty-Five"
"You are already born inside death / (echoes 49 times)"
-"Already: Day Twenty-Eight"
"At our house the fly‘s blue wings / buzz out from the shithole / then buzz back in / Where are you going? / You stinky angel / Ghost, you‘ve lost your wings /The stench of your fingers / The stench of the elderly living alone / In the morning, filthy flowers bloom inside your eyes!"
-"Every Day: Day Twenty-Five"
pickA haunting book of poetry comprised of forty-nine poems, each poem representing a single day during which the spirit roams after death before it enters the cycle of reincarnation. The poet was inspired by a 2014 ferry that capsized in South Korea and drowned 250 high school students. The poet examines what life and death mean and what it must be like on the other side. While not for everyone, this is strange powerful poetry.
Autobiography of Death | 
