Tag Archives: All Souls Day

Remembering Our Loved Ones

By Robin Bates | Published: November 1, 2024

In which I explain why Ljubljana is a special place to remember my oldest son. Rossetti’s “Remember Me” brings him back.

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Lost Human Voices Speak through Us

By Robin Bates | Published: October 31, 2020

May Sarton’s “All Souls” finds that a new richness comes with mourning. We acknowledge how entwined we were with those who have passed on.

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A Day for Remembering

By Robin Bates | Published: October 31, 2019

A Robert Burns poem to remember those we have lost. Happy All Souls’ Day.

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How the Dead Talk to Us

By Robin Bates | Published: October 31, 2014

Naomi Shihab Nye finds that the dead talk to us through the new closeness that we experience with those who remain.

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Our Strands Grow Richer With Each Loss

By Robin Bates | Published: November 3, 2013

May Sarton’s beautiful poem “All Souls” reminds us that our dead continue to move through us.

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