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“In Case You Don’t Live Forever” by Ben Platt:
Melodic ballad honors those who’ve come before us -
Our Monthly Tip: Make an “In Case of Death” File to Ease Loved One’s Grief:
How preparing for your own death can be the ultimate act of love -
Passing of Beloved Comedian Births a New Comedy Festival:
Kenny DeForest keeps us laughing long after he's gone
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Categories
Category Archives: The Next Chapter
“Torch” by Catherine Broadwall
Poem explores the annual fire season’s impact on thousands across North America
Outside my window is a gold, gold tree. Its leaves are not ombré. They are solid gold. Like a kid might color in a sun with yellow crayon. The tree glows like a holy pyre, a fluttering liturgical … Continue reading →
“Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker” by Ocean Vuong
A simple list of online orders chronicles a woman's end-of-life purchases
Mar. Advil (ibuprofen), 4 pack Sally Hansen Pink Nail Polish, 6 pack Clorox Bleach, industrial size Diane hair pins, 4 pack Seafoam handheld mirror “I Love New York” T-shirt, white, small
“Immortality” by Clare Harner Lyon
A comforting elegy without clear origins
Does this poem sound familiar? Do not stand By my grave, and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep— I am the thousand winds that blow … Continue reading →
“Untitled” (I will go simply) by Tess Nealon Raskin
A teen’s 2021 poem encourages the acceptance of death
I will go simply. Like moths peeling from yellowed screens, like a dirty plate slipping under the grey water of the sink, I will wait for my time. Not under hot, energy efficient lights and white sheets as flocks of … Continue reading →
“Mahmoud” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
A Palestinian poet grieves a family life that never came to be
“You Can Be the Last Leaf” is a 2022 collection of poems by Palestinian novelist and poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat. Her poem “Mahmoud,” relayed in full below, is told from the perspective of a would-be mother, imagining a son whom … Continue reading →
“The Thing Is” by Ellen Bass
Instructions for embracing life after loss
The Thing Is… to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits … Continue reading →