Remembering my son’s death 22 years ago, I share a Jane Hirschfield poem.
Tag Archives: death and dying
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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How Anti-Vaxxers Deny 800,000 Dead
As the U.S. hits 800,000 Covid deaths, I rerun a past post on a Bishop poem dealing with resignation.
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Robert Bly, R.I.P.
A calm Robert Bly poem about dying is a good way to commemorate the Minnesota poet, who died this past week.
Covid Denial and Illusions of Mastery
We passed 700,000 Covid deaths over the weekend, Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art” explains how certain people have numbed themselves to the disaster.
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Holding on When We Need to Let Go
Deborah Pope’s “Getting Through” is for those who can’t get over the loss of a loved one.
Always We Shall Walk with the Young Dead
Edith Wharton’s “The Young Dead” captures the sadness of Memorial Day.
