Tag Archives: Death Poems

“I’m Here” by James P. Graham

A dead mother speaks to her child from the grave
Posted on August 21, 2017 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

“I’m Here” is a poem by James P. Graham. The author was just 17 when his mother died, and his little sister was 3. He wrote “I’m Here” so that his sister could remember their mother and how much she … Continue reading →

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“For poems are like rainbows: they escape you quickly.”

—Langston Hughes, The Big Sea
Posted on May 12, 2015 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)
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Japanese Death Poems, Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death

What words are as packed full of meaning and metaphor then those of a haiku?
Posted on February 6, 2015 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

I’ve been fascinated by haiku ever since I first laid eyes on one. Their intrinsic nature is to elicit mystery swirling around their brevity of words. Not only are they the shortest poems known to mankind, haiku unfailingly evoke breathtaking … Continue reading →

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“A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal” by William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth captures grief over a lost loved one in eight short lines
Posted on June 30, 2014 by Christopher Hewitt (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

How many lines does a poet need to write in order to record a loved one’s death? Of course, the story of a person’s death, as with their life, goes further than any number of words can express. British Romantic … Continue reading →

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“Whispers of Heavenly Death” by Walt Whitman

Exploring the unknowns after death through poetry
Posted on April 14, 2013 by Katie Ryan (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

  Walt Whitman’s poetry has been immortalized by his beautiful, visceral tributes to nature that leave us rethinking our ideas of the world around us. Whitman begins triumphantly in “Whispers of Heavenly Death” as though he wants his readers to … Continue reading →

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“I’ve told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.”

-Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Posted on December 6, 2011 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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