{"id":1119,"date":"2009-02-26T06:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T06:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/02\/death-is-death\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:11:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:11:06","slug":"death-is-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/02\/death-is-death.html","title":{"rendered":"Death is Death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>
of late<\/span>
like the Zen monks<\/span>
and haiku poets<\/span>
I have been trying<\/span>
to write my death poem<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

however in the 18th century<\/span>
Toko wrote:<\/span>
\u201cdeath poems are mere delusion \u2013<\/span>
death is death.\u201d<\/span>
so try as I might<\/span>
my attempts all turn out to be<\/span>
about life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ric Masten<\/a><\/p>\n

from \u201cDeath is Death\u201d in Going Out Dancing<\/a><\/p>\n

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of late like the Zen monksand haiku poets I have been trying to write my death poem however in the 18th century Toko wrote: \u201cdeath poems are mere delusion \u2013 death is death.\u201d so try as I might my attempts all turn out to beabout life. Ric Masten from \u201cDeath is Death\u201d in Going Out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nDeath is Death<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"of late like the Zen monksand haiku poets I have been trying to write my death poem however in the 18th century Toko wrote: "death poems are mere delusion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/02\/death-is-death.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Death is Death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"of late like the Zen monksand haiku poets I have been trying to write my death poem however in the 18th century Toko wrote: "death poems are mere delusion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/02\/death-is-death.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Monkey Mind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/james.ford.1029\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-02-26T06:21:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-11-01T19:11:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_niPwTW3rBbU\/SaZ8xGkV2SI\/AAAAAAAACVY\/fMpYOU9L4Dc\/s400\/Ric+Masten\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James Ford\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James Ford\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/02\/death-is-death.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/02\/death-is-death.html\",\"name\":\"Death is Death\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-02-26T06:21:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-11-01T19:11:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/#\/schema\/person\/3f37f475fb5078d1e7faa93a63a0fddb\"},\"description\":\"of late like the Zen monksand haiku poets I have been trying to write my death poem however in the 18th century Toko wrote: \\\"death poems are mere delusion\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/02\/death-is-death.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/02\/death-is-death.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2009\/02\/death-is-death.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Death is Death\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/\",\"name\":\"Monkey Mind\",\"description\":\"Easily distracted...\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/#\/schema\/person\/3f37f475fb5078d1e7faa93a63a0fddb\",\"name\":\"James Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa18971b225a3bb79f0c4c381a5fae20?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa18971b225a3bb79f0c4c381a5fae20?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"James Ford\"},\"description\":\"James Ishmael Ford is a writer and spiritual director. 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