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“In my kind world the dead were out of range And I could not forgive the sad or strange In beast or man.”

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Richard Wilbur is an American poet renowned for his elegant style and profound themes. His works blend classical and modern elements, earning him the admiration of readers and critics alike. more

“Tha didn't mek it, did tha, luv, Our gowden weddin' day. Wi tried so hard to keep thi, But tha quietly slipped away. It's fifty years ago to-day Sin' ah become thi bride, Ah'd give everythin' in t'world, mi luv, To have thi by mi side. But there, it seems 'twere noan fer t'be But ah seems to hear thi say, "Durn't fret, mi lass, just carry on, We'll meet agen some day.”

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Book:Poems in the Lancashire Dialect

Source: Poems in the Lancashire Dialect

“It is as though I were adrift, untethered. I don't think of her much, no more than I ever did, but something terrible is going on. At moments all is well, and then at others I think that I am flying apart.”

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Book:Passing On

Source: Passing On

“All night I flee from someone. I lead the chase, I lead the fugue. I sing a song of mourning. Black birds over black shrouds. My brain cries.”

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Book:The Galloping Hour: French Poems

Source: The Galloping Hour: French Poems

“And it’s okay to be sad, but you can’t love someone only with tears. There’s got to be laughter too.”

Mourning Remembrance

Author:Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina

“To lose someone close to you is to enter an experience no amount of forethought or hindsight can free you from. You must live through grief. You cannot outsmart it, nor think through the fact of someone's being gone, and forever. You must survive the sorrow.”

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Book:The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing

Source: The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing

“I think it is in grief that we need some reminder of our humanity--and sometimes, someone to say it for us. Poetry steps in at those moments when ordinary words fail: poetry as ceremony, as closure to what cannot be closed.”

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Book:The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing

Source: The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing

“Trying to remember you is like carrying water in my hands a long distance across sand. Somewhere people are waiting. They have drunk nothing for days.”

Death Poetry Loss Grief Poem Memory Mourning Remembrance

Author:Stephen Dobyns

“--One day it happens: what you have feared all your life, the unendurably specific, the exact thing. No matter what you say or do.”

Death Poetry Fear Loss Grief Poem Mourning

Author:Marie Howe

“The woods were muted, no crackles of unseen squirrels or deer moving between trees. Even the birds hushed. Perhaps in mourning for the girl who used to dance here.”

Forests Mourning Trees

Book:The May Queen Murders

Source: The May Queen Murders

“I thank you for your time. I can’t say that I wish you success—as we all have our turns with it, after all. However, I will wish you peace, happiness, and enlightenment—things that not everyone, even the most powerful, is successful at having.”

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Book:Success Astrology: Your Celestial Map of Success

Source: Success Astrology: Your Celestial Map of Success

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