or as a meaningful way to let someone know they are not alone in their grief. You can also read poetry about loss at funerals or memorials for a shared experience among those who loved the deceased.
Her body was taken away, but none of the usual touchstones for grief were available to our family ... it's common to talk about obtaining closure for the loss of a loved one—to get over it ...
Too often, grief is unacknowledged or minimized, as in pregnancy loss or the death of a cherished pet. COVID-related losses may be suppressed by understandable wishes to put the pandemic behind us ...
The loss of memory happens ... like in my first book of poems, Knotted Grief. The memory formation for me actually started with stories that I inherited and remembered and heard as a much younger ...