Tag Archives: Poetry about loss

Woman Writes Love Poems Every Sunday to Her Husband Who Died

Adèle Fontaine has self-published the poems in a new book
Posted on January 18, 2019 by Lucas Morgan (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

A woman in Edmonton, Alberta, writes a love poem to her husband every Sunday. The act is, of course, wonderful in-and-of-itself. However, it’s even more touching considering that he died four years ago. Adèle Fontaine’s husband Normand died November 24, … Continue reading →

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“In Blackwater Woods” by Mary Oliver

A beautiful poem about love, loss, and letting go
Posted on August 20, 2018 by Colleen Ferguson (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Mary Oliver is a contemporary American poet widely recognized for her descriptive poetry that draws on metaphors from the natural world, typically from the forests of her adopted Massachusetts. One particularly resonant poem from her 1983 collection “American Primitive” is “In … Continue reading →

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“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

A bird that speaks only one word shreds a man's soul
Posted on June 27, 2016 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Edgar Allan Poe published “The Raven” to mixed reviews in January of 1845. He was paid only a modest fee for his work, which did not become famous until well after his death five years later. The cause of Poe’s … Continue reading →

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