Emerson’s “Dirge” helps me remember and honor my son Justin on this 25th anniversary of his death.
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Remembering My Son 25 Years Later
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A True Poem about the End of Grieving
In addition to my regular classes, I am also teaching a course on novels by Charlotte, Anne, and Emily Bronte at a local retirement center. The class has 15 students, all of them women, and I began it with several poems by Emily Bronte, the best poet of the sisters. A lyric about grieving hit […]
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