{"product_id":"the-third-remembrance-paperback","title":"The Third Remembrance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJayne Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapbook title \u003cem\u003eThe Third Remembrance\u003c\/em\u003e comes from \u003cem\u003eThe Five Remembrances\u003c\/em\u003e, an ancient Pali text attributed to the Buddha. The third remembrance reminds us that we are of a nature to die, and nothing we can do will prevent our eventual death. My sister used to have an app that sent periodic texts saying things like \"Death is inevitable.\" Rather than being depressing, the text messages made us laugh, and the remembrances help us focus on what's important, finding the sweetness and tenderness in each moment. These poems, dedicated to our parents, move from the loss of the Greatest Generation to aging as a Baby Boomer, to awe at my Gen Alpha Grandson when he tells me he's \"Skibidi.\"Excerpt from Ode to FallingI was always good at falling.When the ligament goes wobbly, the ankle turns along the pathway, Only fools try staying upright.I go limp, not do it halfway.Once I woke to van doors springingopen, spilling me to bouncing, tumblingdown a California freeway.\"Tuck and roll,\" a dim voice whispered.\"When you stop, you could be okay.\"When I reach that final falling, let me resist the urge to fight it.Let me shed my self completely, gently enter that good nightfall, tumbling deeper into mystery.The poems in \u003cem\u003eThe Third Remembrance\u003c\/em\u003e encourage readers to contemplate of our aging and inevitable death, and to know that we are actually happier for being present with it. The poems are full of tenderness and humor even in the midst of loss, with odes to falling, riffs on reaching for nouns and the possibility of \"senior moments that don't end.\" As the author follows poems of her parents' last years with confronting her own aging body, she explores the reality that she and her fellow baby boomers are now \"out here on the edge of the cliff\" with \"no one in front to take the brunt.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48392697544953,"sku":"9798899903991","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Rn4pkUCXuw9798899903991.webp?v=1778565339","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-third-remembrance-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}