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“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska:
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“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead:
A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life -
Coping With Election Grief:
While half of Americans are celebrating, the other half are in mourning
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Tag Archives: Personification of Death
“Death” by Rainer Maria Rilke
Rilke’s beautiful funeral poem perfectly captures how precious and valuable life is -- in both the good times and the bad -- with its personification of death
For many of us, the busyness of our daily lives often leads to us taking our lives for granted. When someone we loved dearly dies, our grief and sorrow for his or her absence tends to trigger an urge deep … Continue reading →
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Tagged Celebration of Life, Death, Death Poem, Funeral Poems, Personification of Death, Poetry, Raine Maria Rilke Poems, Rainer Maria Rilke, Red Wine, Trickster
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“Nature” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow puts an interesting spin on the personification of death
You’ve no doubt caught on to the pun of my column’s title, “The Next Chapter”; how my posts are about literature, thus “chapters,” and also how death is a kind of “next stage” in life. This idea of death as … Continue reading →
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Tagged Death, Dying, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Personification of Death
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