Tag Archives: Poems About Loss

“Transfiguration” by Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott's "Transfiguration" views death as "the true sucess"
Posted on August 20, 2012 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

As its name suggests, “Transfiguration,” by Louisa May Alcott, is about change, and specifically change for the better. The poem was written about Alcott’s mother after her death, and it’s filled with so much love and admiration that one can’t help … Continue reading →

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“Early Death” by Hartley Coleridge

Hartley Coleridge's intentional ambiguity reveals conflicting emotions
Posted on July 23, 2012 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Many people know and love the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; but what they may not know is that Coleridge had three children who also grew up to be writers. The oldest of these children was Hartley Coleridge, who wrote … Continue reading →

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”I shift my pillow closer to the full moon.”

- Saiba, Died on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, 1858 at the age of fifty-one.
Posted on October 25, 2011 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)
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