Author: Kelly Larsen


  • “Remember”Joy Harjo's poem shows how looking back can guide us through the future

    “Remember”
    Joy Harjo’s poem shows how looking back can guide us through the future

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  • What is Green Cremation? (Interview)

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  • “Cloud-Eye”Katherine Gallagher's poem shows that everything is about perspective

    “Cloud-Eye”
    Katherine Gallagher’s poem shows that everything is about perspective

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  • “Epitaph on William Muir”Robert Burns's "Epitaph on William Muir" offers a sweet final farewell

    “Epitaph on William Muir”
    Robert Burns’s “Epitaph on William Muir” offers a sweet final farewell

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  • The “Unity” of Life and Death
    Jay DeFoe’s masterpiece, “The Rose,” brings two opposite concepts together

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  • “Perfection Wasted”The lovely John Updike poem turns a simple idea into so much more

    “Perfection Wasted”
    The lovely John Updike poem turns a simple idea into so much more

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  • “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities” by Delmore SchwartzDelmore Schwartz's famous short story illustrates that it's the future we can change, not the past

    “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities” by Delmore Schwartz
    Delmore Schwartz’s famous short story illustrates that it’s the future we can change, not the past

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  • “Remember”Christina Rossetti reminds us that grief need not be permanent

    “Remember”
    Christina Rossetti reminds us that grief need not be permanent

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  • “A Song for New Year’s Eve”William Cullen Bryant compares the end of the year to the end-of-life experience

    “A Song for New Year’s Eve”
    William Cullen Bryant compares the end of the year to the end-of-life experience

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  • Art and the Death Penalty
    Artist Julie Green’s “The Last Supper” exhibit makes a major statement about the death penalty

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