When we lose someone we love, we may have feelings that don’t appear laudable. Malraux’s “Man’s Fate” helps us understand them.
Tag Archives: death and dying
Death Exposes Our Conflicted Humanity
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Mixed Feelings about a Death
“Metamorphosis” captures conflicted feelings about a death in the family.
Twilight, Evening Bell, After That the Dark
Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar” captures my emotions following my mother’s passing.
The Final Carriage Ride
As my mother lies dying, Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for death” speaks to me.
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In the Face of Death, the Small Things
If anticipation of a death in the near future, I turn to Roy’s “God of Small Things” for guidance.
Life’s Grip Is as Strong as Death’s
Remembering my son’s death 22 years ago, I share a Jane Hirschfield poem.
Maybe Death Is as Soft as Feathers
In her poem “White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field,” Mary Oliver finds a reassuring image of death.
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Wanted: An Elegy to Mourn Covid Victims
To mourn our 800,000+ covid dead, America needs a good poetic elegy.
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Let Love Clasp Grief Lest Both Be Drown’d
When death strikes, poetry is there to sustain us.
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