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Grief & Loss During the Holidays Poems

Holidays can feel impossible after losing someone special. These understanding poems acknowledge that seasonal pain while helping you find ways to honor departed loved ones during celebrations.

“Everybody Made Soups”

By Lisa Coffman

In “Everybody Made Soups,” poet Lisa Coffman uses the bounty of communal holiday meals to unearth the challenging aspect…

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"Having Lost My Sons, I Confront the Wreckage of the Moon: Christ…

By James Arlington Wright

Cold despair slapped my psyche the first time I read the poem, “Having Lost My Sons I Confront the Wreckage of the Moon:…

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“Christmas Tree”

By James Merrill

Wound in lights, heavy with ornaments and heirlooms, photos of children now grown up or parents no longer here, the Chri…

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“A Song for New Year’s Eve”

By William Cullen Bryant

It’s the end of the year; what a fitting time for a blog about, well, “the end.” And just as fittingly, this week’s sele…

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