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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition: Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska: An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Tag Archives: Life
“Conscientious Objector” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem has an audacious message
As its title suggests, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Conscientious Objector” contains heavy anti-war tones; but it can also be read as a simple, but potent, protest against death in general. Millay is unabashed in her views right from the get-go, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War poems, Conscientious Objector, Death, Dying, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Life
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“We are not human beings on a spiritual path, but spiritual beings on a human path.”
-Dr. Lauren Artress
“Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas's famous poem makes an important point
When the father of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was dying, it inspired Thomas to write one of his most famous works, “Do not go gentle into that good night.” The poem encourages Thomas’s father, and its readers, to fight for … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Do not go gentle into that good night, Dying, Dylan Thomas, Life
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“Life” by Anna Barbauld
Anna Barbauld's poem questions life, not death
“Life,” by Anna Barbauld, is a unique poem; rather than question what death is, and wonder what happens to us after we die, Barbauld ponders what exactly life is. In her view, life is the active force, not death. Life … Continue reading
