My Life Has Been a Poem | A Life Remembered - 78 poems

My Life Has Been a Poem

A brief sampling of personal poems written since meeting my guru in 1969

Some lives are remembered in dates and achievements.
Others are remembered in feeling.

Since meeting his guru in 1969, Jeffrey Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi) has recorded his inner life not in journals or memoirs, but in poetry. Over the decades, poems arose naturally at moments of change, revelation, grief, humor, devotion, and insight—each one capturing a particular turning of the heart.

My Life Has Been a Poem is a curated selection of these deeply personal works. Together they trace an intimate journey across time: childhood memories, family stories, moments of trial, encounters with death and love, reflections on yoga and language, and glimpses of the unseen intelligence that quietly shapes a life lived in inquiry.

These poems are not theoretical. They are lived.

From The Story of My Heart to Lovers Through Time, from playful insight to profound stillness, each piece stands as a moment of recognition—written not to explain life, but to meet it.

This collection offers readers a rare opportunity to enter the inner landscape of a poet and teacher whose life has unfolded through devotion to learning, listening, and truth. It is not a linear autobiography, but a poetic map—revealing how a life can be shaped by awareness, courage, humor, and love.

A life remembered in verses.
A journey told through the heart.

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