When death strikes, poetry is there to sustain us.
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Tag Archives: death and dying
Let Love Clasp Grief Lest Both Be Drown’d
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Alfred Lord Tennyson, grieving, In Memoriam, Jeanette Winterson, Lost Children, Mary Oliver | Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "The One Art", Covid, Covid denial, Elizabeth Bishop | Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "One Art", Covid 19, Elizabeth Bishop, pandemic of the unvaccinated | Comments closed
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.
Do Not Stand by My Grave and Cry
As I remember my eldest son, this Clare Harner Lyon poem brings me peace.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Immortality", Adonais, Clare Harner Lyon, Easter, Holy Spirit, Percy Shelley | Comments closed
My Son’s Death and Two Tree Poems
Today, the anniversary of my son’s death and also Arbor Day, I link the two days with two tree poems.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Alfred Lord Tennyson, death of a child, Flies, In Memoriam, Jean Paul Sartre, Sycamore, trees, Wendell Berry | Comments closed
Finding Strength in a Time of Covid
Robinson Jeffers offers a poem that reminds us of spiritual resources available to us in these dark days.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Answer", Adonais, American Dream, COVID-19, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robinson Jeffers | Comments closed