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Tag Archives: Poems About Loss
“For Weeks After the Funeral” by Andrea Hollander Budy
Andrea Hollander Budy’s “For Weeks After the Funeral” demonstrates how acute grief can easily turn into complicated grief the longer things are left unsaid or unacknowledged
When you lose someone beloved to you, the earth can feel like it shatters into a million shards of glass, while time and life also stands frozen. Grief crashes over you like choppy waves. One minute, you feel like your … Continue reading
“After great pain, a formal feeling comes” by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson perfectly captures the numbness we experience after the passing of a loved one
My post last week was about letting go of sorrows in order to be happy, and to fully appreciate the good experiences in life. While this is an important stage to come to, it’s certainly not what immediately follows a … Continue reading
“Cloud-Eye” by Katherine Gallagher
Katherine Gallagher's poem shows that everything is about perspective
I chose this week’s poem because I loved its mixture of imagery and metaphor. Its title alone, “Cloud-Eye,” foreshadows this use of figurative language. And incidentally, foreshadowing is an important part of the poem as well. Katherine Gallagher uses each … Continue reading
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“Remember” by Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti reminds us that grief need not be permanent
Photo Credit: myheartramblings Christina Rossetti’s “Remember” took me somewhat by surprise. The final message in the poem is that, in a sense, ignorance is bliss; Rossetti feels that not thinking about a loss and therefore not feeling the emotional pain … Continue reading
“What the Living Do” by Marie Howe
Marie Howe's poem shows that life is more than just the problems we tackle
I don’t think it’s unfair to say that human beings have a tendency to take things for granted. Even the little, simple joys in life are worth being grateful for, but too often we gloss over them to complain about … Continue reading
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Tagged Marie Howe, Poems about Death, Poems About Loss, What the Living Do
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“Elegy” by Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey's poem offers her take on death, and so much more
According to this article in The Atlantic, Natasha Trethewey’s “Elegy” for her father is not actually about death. As the author states, “…what’s being elegized is…a kind of loss between father and daughter, a kind of estrangement.” Although the poem … Continue reading
