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Grief Poetry: A Reminiscence 1 Comment

A poem for grieving, coping with death, healing A Reminiscence by Anne Brontë YES, thou art gone! and never more Thy sunny smile shall gladden me; But I may pass the old church door, And pace the f… View »

Grief Poetry: Epitaph

A poem for grieving, coping with death, healing Epitaph: On her Son H.P. at St. Syth’s Church where her body also lies interred by Katherine Philips What on Earth deserves our trust? Youth and Beau… View »

Grief Poetry: The bustle in the house

A poem for grieving, coping with death, healing The bustle in the house by Emily Dickinson The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth. The sweeping… View »

Grief Poetry: The Day is Done

A poem for grieving, coping with death, healing The Day is Done by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From a… View »

Grief Poetry: The Old Familiar Faces

A poem for grieving, coping with death, healing The Old Familiar Faces by Charles Lamb I have had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days, All, all are g… View »

Grief Poetry: Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night

A poem for grieving, coping with death, healing Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field one Night By Walt Whitman Vigil strange I kept on the field one night; When you my son and my comrade dropt at my s… View »

Grief Poetry: Warm Summer Sun 6 Comments

A poem for grieving, coping with death, healing Warm Summer Sun By Mark Twain Warm summer sun, Shine kindly here, Warm southern wind, Blow softly here. Green sod above, Lie light, lie light. Good… View »