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Looking at loss in poetry

When words feel impossible to find, poetry often speaks what our hearts feel but cannot express. This column explores how verse—from timeless classics to contemporary voices—captures the full spectrum of dying, grief, loss, and reflection. Whether you’re navigating your own journey, supporting a friend, or preparing words for a memorial, these poems acknowledge the deep ache while offering strands of hope. Here, we discover how grief transforms us, how precious moments matter most, and how the right words can help us feel less alone in our sorrow.

“Death Canoe” Poetry Review: Grief Is a Vessel Carried Away by a Current

The innovative and deeply vulnerable Maggie Nelson explores the transformational nature of inescapable grief

“In Lieu of Flowers”

A poem discusses alternatives to sending flowers to the bereaved

“And When It Happens My Body Doesn’t Remember That You Are Gone”

The poetry of grief bleeding through everything

“My Brother” by Effie Waller Smith

Although she was more well known for her poetry describing the Appalachian Mountains, Smith’s poem captures her grief over losing her brother too soon

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“Death Canoe” Poetry Review: Grief Is a Vessel Carried Away by a Current

The innovative and deeply vulnerable Maggie Nelson explores the transformational nature of inescapable grief

“In Lieu of Flowers”

A poem discusses alternatives to sending flowers to the bereaved

“And When It Happens My Body Doesn’t Remember That You Are Gone”

The poetry of grief bleeding through everything

“My Brother” by Effie Waller Smith

Although she was more well known for her poetry describing the Appalachian Mountains, Smith’s poem captures her grief over losing her brother too soon

“They Will Not Go Quietly”

A poem acknowledges the grieving that follows the loss of a beloved pet

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost

A reflection on the transient nature of precious things

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Category: The Next Chapter

“Death Canoe” Poetry Review: Grief Is a Vessel Carried Away by a Current The innovative and deeply vulnerable Maggie Nelson explores the transformational nature of inescapable grief

“In Lieu of Flowers” A poem discusses alternatives to sending flowers to the bereaved

“And When It Happens My Body Doesn’t Remember That You Are Gone” The poetry of grief bleeding through everything

“My Brother” by Effie Waller Smith Although she was more well known for her poetry describing the Appalachian Mountains, Smith’s poem captures her grief over losing her brother too soon

“They Will Not Go Quietly” A poem acknowledges the grieving that follows the loss of a beloved pet

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost A reflection on the transient nature of precious things

“Death Canoe” Poetry Review: Grief Is a Vessel Carried Away by a Current

The innovative and deeply vulnerable Maggie Nelson explores the transformational nature of inescapable grief

“In Lieu of Flowers”

A poem discusses alternatives to sending flowers to the bereaved

“And When It Happens My Body Doesn’t Remember That You Are Gone”

The poetry of grief bleeding through everything

“My Brother” by Effie Waller Smith

Although she was more well known for her poetry describing the Appalachian Mountains, Smith’s poem captures her grief over losing her brother too soon

“They Will Not Go Quietly”

A poem acknowledges the grieving that follows the loss of a beloved pet

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost

A reflection on the transient nature of precious things