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Tag Archives: Losing a Grandparent
“Dreams Old Men Dream” by the Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids on aging, memory, love, loss and dreams
Through what kaleidoscope of memory does an aging mind perceive the world? Does each change of light conjure some long lost scene? In the lyrics to “Dreams Old Men Dream” by Cold War Kids, a day spent digging hands in the … Continue reading
“Sonnet” by Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop's images in "Sonnet" makes the end of life a release into joy
Is the end of life best imagined as a climactic release? Although not explicitly about death, Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “Sonnet” all but dramatizes it as a swift vault from captivity to liberation as the poem depicts the soul’s gleeful escape from “caught” (1) … Continue reading
