Tag Archives: death and dying

Holding on When We Need to Let Go

By Robin Bates | Published: September 30, 2021

Deborah Pope’s “Getting Through” is for those who can’t get over the loss of a loved one.

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Always We Shall Walk with the Young Dead

By Robin Bates | Published: May 30, 2021

Edith Wharton’s “The Young Dead” captures the sadness of Memorial Day.

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Do Not Stand by My Grave and Cry

By Robin Bates | Published: May 1, 2021

As I remember my eldest son, this Clare Harner Lyon poem brings me peace.

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My Son’s Death and Two Tree Poems

By Robin Bates | Published: April 29, 2021

Today, the anniversary of my son’s death and also Arbor Day, I link the two days with two tree poems.

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Finding Strength in a Time of Covid

By Robin Bates | Published: December 14, 2020

Robinson Jeffers offers a poem that reminds us of spiritual resources available to us in these dark days.

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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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The Soul Longs to Return Whence It Came

By Robin Bates | Published: October 17, 2020

Richard Eberhart’s “Soul Longs to Return Whence It Came” is a meditation up death and nature.

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A Weary Pilgrim, Now at Rest

By Robin Bates | Published: August 22, 2020

An Anne Bradstreet poem captures some of the spirit of the funeral for a close friend.

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Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun

By Robin Bates | Published: August 4, 2020

I lost a dear friend two days ago, one who was practically family. I turn to Shakespeare’s “Fear no more the heat of the sun” for solace.

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