Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar” captures my emotions following my mother’s passing.
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Tag Archives: death and dying
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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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.