Topic Tags: grief

“May his/her dreams / be fulfilled / in every one of our breaths…”

“When my grandfather died, his body swelled again / fluid filled him, drowning him from inside.”

“The death of a sibling too is unique. It ignites our own vivid / sense of mortality.”

“And still, here we are again / clutching to an ancient book / that has traveled through time / from bitterness to joy…”

“When I open my mouth no sound comes out..”

“I want to remember / the sunny days / the spring showers / and smiles and laughter…”

Lesléa Newman uses the sestina form to capture her grief.

“In the ruins of the towers / we walked through daily / you would have found letters…” and added them up to find meaning

“My heart / is cracked / into more pieces / than I thought possible…”

Rabbi David Mark offers a teaching following the deaths of six hostages killed in Gaza.