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2 days ago · Thanks to a friend who lets the Spirit move her, I now own a volume of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry. I’m enjoying lots of lovely morsels from In Praise of Mortality, translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy. Rilke wrote these Sonnets to Orpheus after the First World War left him bereft of words. He was paralyzed by the horror and ...
1 day ago · Here are some of the things (amongst many) that we will be working on in our sessions: 1. Dig out our family recipes: weave poems & stories out of them. 2. Learn how cooking can be a way of mothering ourselves, tending to our pain. 3. Honour the histories of our specific food traditions (both filial and cultural).
1 day ago · Literature can be such a “small” thing. Godwin tells the story of an Iraq veteran, Kevin Powers, whose depression was lifted by three words he came upon in The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas. The three words resonated with Powers, who felt that he recognized himself in another person for the first time, and who went on to become a writer ...
3 days ago · Family Friend Poems, June 30, 2024. https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/dementia-6. My father was such a beautiful man to our family. He was so supportive despite realizing years later his wonderful impact on our lives.
4 days ago · lies dead by the side of the road. You must see how this could be you, how he too was someone who journeyed through the night with plans and the simple breath that kept him alive. Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. You must wake up with sorrow. You must speak to it till your voice
5 days ago · Two poems. Inspired by two birds and a dragonfly. Tamsin Bishton. Jun 28, 2024. 2. Share this post. I think I'm in love with the world again. tamsinbishton.substack.com.
4 days ago · Poems About Cardinals for a Funeral or Memorial Service. Below are some poems fitting for a funeral or memorial service that’ll remind you of your loved one—ones that speak of their charms or delights and ones that help others recall their spirit and determination.
