When you do not seem to have the words, you look instead to those whose words resonate with what you feel; I looked through ...

Sometimes it's hard to put loss into words, but poems about losing a loved one can help you comfort a friend, family member, ...

Pets are the family members who supply unconditional, uncomplicated love, and for many people, losing a pet comes with a somewhat ... acknowledge their profound loss and help them remember their ...

The very last photo was of a poem about grief from Donna Ashworth's book, Wild Hope. "You don't move on after loss, but you ...

This is one of Poe’s most well-rounded poems, one that examines the idea of death in a way that balances sorrow with hope and invites readers to think beyond grief and loss and instead towards ...

What is a nonsense poem? Nonsense poems don't always make sense, they often use made up words, mixed up with real words. What are free verse poems? Free verse poems don't follow the rules.

And while grief softens over time, you always miss your mom. These poems about the loss of a mother express how it feels when ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...