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Tag Archives: Poetry about loss and grief
“In Blackwater Woods” by Mary Oliver
A beautiful poem about love, loss, and letting go
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
“Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae,” by Ernest Dowson
A simple poem speaks eloquently to the loneliness of grief
Ernest Dowson’s unusually titled poem, “Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae” (“I am not as I was in the reign of good Cynara”) is a simple yet very effective piece about a man’s longing for a lost lover … Continue reading
