“you learned from a Korean poet in Seoul: that one does not bury the mother's body in the ground but in the chest, or--like you-- you carry her corpse on your back.” DeathPoetryLossGriefPoemMourningMothersDeath Of A Mother Book:Monument: Poems New and Selected Source: Monument: Poems New and Selected
“Waking, I am freighted with memory: my mother's last words spoken--after her death--in a dream: Do you know what it means to have a wound that never heals?” DeathHealingWordsWoundsMothersLast WordsDeath Of A Mother Book:Monument: Poems New and Selected Source: Monument: Poems New and Selected
