Grief Poetry

Questa famosa raccolta di poesie, pubblicata tra il 1914 e il 1915 racconta sotto forma di epitaffio la vita dell'ipotetica cittadina di Spoon River, i cui abitanti sono sepolti nel cimitero locale. Le storie si intrecciano alle storie, offrendo un ritratto commovente e crudo delle vite reali che si nascondevano dietro alle apparenze.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so, too! Listen to Broken Light in a Burning Wood, and reflect on the state of the world through poetry.

From the bestselling author of Pillow Thoughts and Watering the Soul comes another deeply honest and moving collection of poetry and prose that explores the strength and resilience we embody in the face of hardship and change. Presented in six captivating sections—Reflecting, Repairing, Change, Awakening, Emerging, and Rebirth—Time Will Tell tells the story of a curious, lost soul who crashed down to Earth on the search for purpose.

In "I Can Still Hear You Laugh," Aleen Hope's evocative poetry captures the profound journey of grief and loss with poignant simplicity. Through tender verses, she explores the ache of losing loved ones and the bittersweet mourning of the end of a relationship. This collection serves as a gentle companion for grieving hearts, offering solace and companionship in the darkest of times. With each poem, Hope explores the rawness of grief, the longing for closure, and the slow journey toward healing.

Paper Heart is a collection of poetry stemming from the places where light and darkness have shaped who Jennifer LeBlanc is as a writer. Written over years of introspection, love, pain, and hope, each poem is a placeholder for something that held her mind for either a bright moment or a dark hour.

You will confront your darkest fears and beckon them to the surface of your mind. Nightmares will cause conflict between the charcoal days and bleak nights. With a splash of colorful, sweet sentiment to contrast the shadows, Dark Days will leave a twisted, yet merry mark on your soul.

The Secrets Behind My Eyes is a collection of poetry that follows a tween girl on her journey toward growth and maturity. It depicts her struggles with depression and anxiety, pain, loss of friendships, and love. It attests to forming a strong spirit in the face of trouble as well as exploring and validating the emotions that come along with the adventure of living.

Jose Ángel Graña Abad nos trae con su decimocuarta publicación “Este corazón muge y grita”, un conjunto de poemas de una intensidad extrema, que constituyen una obra poética, que evocándonos la pasión y la fuerza de “El rayo que no cesa” *, ha conseguido generar un universo de imágenes poéticas de gran belleza. El baile pasional de la dialéctica del amor y la muerte, del materialismo y el idealismo, se desarrolla en los versos, donde incluso llegan a cantar Janis Joplin, Paty Smith, o Amy Winehaouse.

The Apocalyptic Mannequin by Stephanie M. Wytovich is a collection that strips away civilization and throws listeners into the lives of its survivors. The poems inside are undelivered letters, tear-soaked whispers, and unanswered prayers. They are every worry you've had when your electricity went out and every pit that grew in your stomach, while watching the news at night. They are tragedy and trauma, but they are also grief and fear, fear of who - or what - lives inside us, once everything is taken away.

This collection of Sona Van’s poems is a tribute to the victims of genocide and war. With extraordinary feminine sensitivity, the poet looks at the world in all its striking contrasts, constantly probing the depths of her consciousness with new modes of expression. The collection consists of ephemeral poems characterized by dramatic encounters with nothingness in which an uncanny ability to capture extreme situations prevails. Sona Van’s poetry represents the truest testimony of historical experience and the reality in which it still lives.

Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet and USA Today best-selling author Amanda Lovelace presents the mermaid’s voice returns in this one - the third and final installment in her women are some kind of magic series, featuring a foreword from Lang Leav and 13 guest poems from leading voices in poetry such as Nikita Gill, KY Robinson, and Orion Carloto.

Magical Negro is an archive of black everydayness, a catalog of contemporary folk heroes, an ethnography of ancestral grief, and an inventory of figureheads, idioms, and customs. These American poems are both elegy and jive, joke and declaration, songs of congregation and self-conception. Focused primarily on depictions of black womanhood alongside personal narratives, the collection tackles interior and exterior politics - of both the body and society, of both the individual and the collective experience.

James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prize-winning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things "brown" in this powerful new collection. Divided into "Home Recordings" and "Field Recordings", Brown speaks to the way personal experience is shaped by culture, while culture is forever affected by the personal, recalling a black Kansas boyhood to comment on our times.

Los poemas de El jardinero tocan temas utilizadas en la poesía sánscrita más antigua: la juventud y la vejez, la riqueza y el despojo, el amor, la muerte y el sexo. La sugerencia es una de las mayores cualidades de esta poesía.

A breathtaking collection of love poems from one of our great contemporary poets - stunning odes of obsession, loss, and the desire for a renewed self.

Brooks Haxton has been writing for years about the connections between human beings and the creatures we find fascinating. Mister Toebones, his new collection, draws its title from a nickname Haxton gives to a daddy longlegs he sees at his father's grave. In another poem, the poet and his mother, in search of a swimming hole, find a copperhead rearing to strike, about to birth its live young. Elsewhere, waist-deep in the Mississippi River, under the Atlantic Ocean, on the cracked ice of a frozen pond, even in outer space, the poet explores forces that seem past endurance.

Book of poems about life as an adult in America during the 3rd Quarter of 2023. I cover addiction, football season, suicide, aliens, divorce, kids, reviews, dogs, politics, sports betting and con-artists. Meant for a quick laugh, brief reflection, some cheers, a little arguing and maybe a few tears, but hopefully enjoy!

This collection of poems by Jim Forbes is a rare rendering that will invite you to keep listening. Heartbreak from a failed marriage and separation from his beloved daughters both brought this poet to write during his darkest times.

Soul Speaking is a collection of emotional poetry straight from the soul. Every human emotion from love to hate, joy to grief, celebrating newfound friendships to healing from toxic people, is captured in these free verse poems. Whether these words haunt you or heal you, their beauty, depth, and power will certainly never leave you.

The Gift of Surrender is a collection of poems and musings by Grandma Beth that explores the power and beauty of surrendering to life's challenges and transitions. Through poignant and heartfelt verses, Grandma Beth invites listeners to embrace the transformative process of letting go and trusting in the universe. From surrendering to grief and loss to surrendering to change and growth, this audiobook offers a compassionate and uplifting perspective on the art of surrender.