Tag Archives: Poetry

Exploring Grief, Loss, Death and Dying

Bloggers exploring the end-of-life through poetry, art, and prose.
Posted on April 29, 2012 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Exploring Death This anonymous blogger created the blog entitled SarSaparillameliSSa to explore her world through photography and the written word. “The Tree that Bleeds” is a poem dedicated to exploring death. Here’s an excerpt: Long sunset shadows chill his bones. … Continue reading →

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“Life” by Anna Barbauld

Anna Barbauld's poem questions life, not death
Posted on February 27, 2012 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

“Life,” by Anna Barbauld, is a unique poem; rather than question what death is, and wonder what happens to us after we die, Barbauld ponders what exactly life is. In her view, life is the active force, not death. Life … Continue reading →

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“Requiem” by Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson drives a crucial point home
Posted on February 20, 2012 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

I’ve been thinking a lot about boldness lately, about saying what you want to say when you want to say it. This concept of simply stating what you mean is certainly at work in “Requiem,” by Robert Louis Stevenson, one … Continue reading →

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“Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.”

-Erik H. Erikson
Posted on November 22, 2011 by Kelly Larsen (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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An Interview with Dr. Nader Shabahangi

The president and CEO of AgeSong Institute opens up about elder care and our fear of aging
Posted on November 5, 2011 by Liz Matsushita (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Nader Shabahangi, Ph.D., is a licensed psychotherapist based in the Bay Area. Through his work at the AgeSong Institute and its elder communities, he has become an advocate for elders and for programs that provide more comprehensive elder care. His … 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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