p1RespiteBy Elane KimIt’s New Year’s. It’s New Year’s & the stars are white-hot & all your favorite dishes are flushed warm...LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFunerals
p1TodayBy Victoria ChangJan.4.2022 A call is just a call. I pick it up. Jan.6.2022 I lift blankets looking for my father. Jan...LoveHeartache & LossNatureLivingDeathHealth & IllnessSorrow & GrievingTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFuneralsStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesMetaphorTypes/ModesEkphrasisGriefMelancholy & Despair + 14 more
p1Elegy for My Friend Who Was, among Other Things, an Orchestra ConductorBy Ben PurkertA week apart, our birthdays formed a bridge. They always fell at the best time: snow over flowers like...LivingDeathRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesFunerals
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good NightBy Dylan ThomasDo not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against...LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFuneralsVerse FormsVillanelleTypes/ModesElegy + 3 more
A Brown Girl DeadBy Countee CullenWith two white roses on her breasts, White candles at head and feet, Dark Madonna of the grave she rests...LivingDeathParenthoodFuneralsVerse FormsBalladGrief
The Truth the Dead KnowBy Anne SextonGone, I say and walk from church, refusing the stiff procession to the grave, letting the dead ride ...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsLivingDeathRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFuneralsStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesConfessional + 4 more
Bede’s Death SongBy BedeFore there neidfaerae naenig uuiurthit thoncsnotturra than him tharf sie to ymbhycggannae aer his hiniongae huaet...ReligionChristianityLivingDeathArts & SciencesPhilosophyFarewells & Good LuckFuneralsToasts & CelebrationsTypes/ModesEpigram + 4 more
The Quaker Graveyard in NantucketBy Robert LowellI A brackish reach of shoal off Madaket— The sea was still breaking violently and night Had steamed ...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsReligionChristianityGod & the DivineLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFuneralsStanza FormsCoupletRhymed StanzaTypes/ModesElegyAnxiety & InsecurityGrief + 13 more
After great pain, a formal feeling comes – (372)By Emily DickinsonAfter great pain, a formal feeling comes – The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs – The stiff Heart ...NatureLivingSorrow & GrievingThe BodyFunerals
I dwell in Possibility – (466)By Emily DickinsonI dwell in Possibility – A fairer House than Prose – More numerous of Windows – Superior – for Doors...Arts & SciencesPhilosophyReading & BooksFunerals
Of Glory not a Beam is left (1685)By Emily DickinsonOf Glory not a Beam is left But her Eternal House – The Asterisk is for the Dead, The Living, for the...LivingFunerals
p1Sunday MorningBy Wallace Stevens I Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair, And the green freedom...ReligionChristianityLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityFuneralsMetersBlank VerseAnxiety & InsecurityGratitude + 6 more
O Captain! My Captain!By Walt WhitmanO Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought...Social CommentariesLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingMythology & FolkloreHeroes & PatriotismFuneralsTypes/ModesElegyGriefBeing OneselfClassics + 5 more
An Arundel TombBy Philip LarkinSide by sideSide by side To see a recent photograph of this tomb of the Earl and Countess of Arundel...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingDeathMarriage & CompanionshipTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureFuneralsStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTypes/ModesEkphrasis + 8 more
Sonnet 71: No longer mourn for me when I am deadBy William ShakespeareNo longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the ...LoveClassic LoveHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFuneralsVerse FormsSonnet + 5 more
The Season of Phantasmal PeaceBy Derek WalcottThen all the nations of birds lifted together the huge net of the shadows of this earth in multitudinous...NatureFallLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeTown & Country LifeLivingTime & BrevityFarewells & Good LuckFuneralsFor All Ages + 4 more
Psalm 23By Robert AlterA David psalm. The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. In grass meadows He makes me lie down, by ...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsReligionChristianityGod & the DivineJudaismLivingFunerals
For a FatherBy Elise PartridgeRemember after work you grabbed our skateboard, crouched like a surfer, wingtips over the edge; wheels...LivingDeathParenthoodTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesPhilosophyFunerals + 2 more
MemorialBy Clifton GachaguaTo the young and able man who lets his death come in with veils in his face that say you can come in...ReligionGod & the DivineLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFuneralsTypes/ModesElegy + 3 more
Making a FistBy Naomi Shihab Nye We forget that we are all dead men conversing with dead men. —Jorge Luis Borges For the first time, on the road...LivingDeathThe BodyThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesTravels & JourneysArts & SciencesPhilosophyFuneralsMetersFree VerseOptimism + 9 more