"A Tibetan Prayer for the Dead" - Poem by James McEuen

Excerpt from "For My Father," part 2, "A Tibetan Prayer for the Dead," a poem by James McEuen from his collection "Snake Country" (Washington, DC: Word Works, 1990). In memory of David H. McEuen (1908-1987).

Sound: Tibetan chant, damaru drum, and bell by D. J. Griffin at FreeSoundProject. Photos: James McEuen by Michael Hauptschein; death masks of George Frideric Handel; "Winter Water Wall," painting by Mark Horiuchi; "Love Not War" photo of Caroline Kastle, 1967; outstretched hands, painting by John Grillo, from the cover of "Wall Writing: An Inmate Poetry Collection," ed. by Edwin Barney and James McEuen (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Division of Continuing Education Press, 1975); Buddhist wrathful deities, tankha, Wikipedia, and paintings by Maciej Wojtkowiak; psychedelic designs and poster, Ivan C. Reyes and Bonnie MacLean; light, stars, and tunnels, Olafur Eliasson, revjadude, painting by Martha Rea Baker, and NASA. Images and sound used solely for noncommercial, illustrative purposes.

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