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“In daylight we pick up our tinned rations and hike off, every artery and nerve of us, into the rest of our commemorative lives.”

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Tess Gallagher

Tess Gallagher is an American poet born on July 21, 1943. Her poetry is known for its deep emotion and unique style, exploring themes of love, nature, and the human condition. 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.”

Love Death Loss Marriage Mourning Dialect Lancashire

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.”

Life Death Change Grief Mourning

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.”

Poetry Mourning Anguish Bleak Fleeing Alejandra Pizarnik The Galloping Hour

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.”

Thinking Death Loss Grief Sorrow Survival Mourning

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

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

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