Grief is for the living – taunting us with the hope that we will get through it to experience some other less consuming state of being. by Claire Sewell
Tag: grief
grief quote – Renkl 2.2.2023
Reminders take every possible form — the feel of pine needles underfoot, the scent of a passing woman’s perfume, the tail end of a song on a coffee shop radio, a letter tumbling out of a long-unopened book, the taste of boiled peanuts, salty and warm. The reminders loop between past and present, between one … Continue reading grief quote – Renkl 2.2.2023
grief quote – Vuong 9.2.2022
...grief is, perhaps, the last and final translation of love. Ocean Vuong, from a Fresh Air interview, April, 2022
grief quote – Weller 6.2.2022
The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give. If I carry only grief, I’ll bend toward cynicism and despair. If I have only gratitude, I’ll … Continue reading grief quote – Weller 6.2.2022
on grief 6.17.2021
You see, love and grief are two sides of the same precious coin. One does not—and cannot—exist without the other. They are the yin and yang of our lives… Grief is predicated on our capacity to give and receive love. Some people choose not to love and so never grieve. If we allow ourselves the … Continue reading on grief 6.17.2021
poem – Wellwood 5.6.2021
The Dakini Speaks by Joyce Wellwood My friends, let's grow up. Let's stop pretending we don't know the deal here. Or if we truly haven't noticed, let's wake up and notice. Look: Everything that can be lost, will be lost. It's simple - how could we have missed it for so long? Let's grieve our … Continue reading poem – Wellwood 5.6.2021
prose – Erdrich 3.11.2021
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. … Continue reading prose – Erdrich 3.11.2021
poem – Heeter 2.20.2020
Wild Grief by Chris Heeter Start up close and from the back side.Don’t reach for the long view yet.It’s too much to ask of your grieving heart. Look close up, to the silhouette of seed heads on Wild grass.Stand behind a sunflower, on the back side,where each extended petal glows with sunlight. When Wild grief … Continue reading poem – Heeter 2.20.2020
poem – Hirshfield 11.28.2019
For What Binds Us by Jane Hirshfield There are names for what binds us:strong forces, weak forces.Look around, you can see them:the skin that forms in a half-empty cup,nails rusting into the places they join,joints dovetailed on their own weight.The way things stay so solidlywherever they’ve been set down—and gravity, scientists say, is weak.And see … Continue reading poem – Hirshfield 11.28.2019
poem – Imsland 8.22.2019
Heavier by Rachel Imsland its heavier than it looksthis weight its heavier than it might seemno lesseningrather, the lesson its heavier than it appearsthis griefthis sadness its heavier than you thinkbe careful when you pick it upthen carry it with you its heavier
Rachel Imsland, Artist 