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Acknowledging Loss: Poetry and Prose

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A variety of writing on the topic of loss (including poetry, novel excerpts, and articles), selected by the participants in the course. 

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Contents of this path:

  1. "Love Sorrow" by Mary Oliver, contributed by Anaga Dinesh (2019)
  2. Two meditations on loss by Leslie Jamison and Paul Harding, contributed by Steve Shennan (TF, 2019)
  3. Four poems from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, contributed by Ben Porteous (2019)
  4. "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop, contributed by Paul Johnston (TF, 2019)
  5. "Go in Peace" by Ross Rheingans-Yoo, contributed by Duncan Rheingans-Yoo (2019)
  6. "The Meadow Mouse" by Theodore Roethke, contributed by Kathleen Coleman (Course Head, 2019)
  7. "Six of Cups" by and contributed by Midge Scheftel (2019)
  8. "The Times as It Knows Us" by Allen Barnett, contributed by Colton Carter (2019)
  9. "After the Fire" by Ada Limón, contributed by Esme Benson (2021)
  10. "Separation" by W.S. Merwin, contributed by Maggie Chiffer (2021)
  11. "When Great Trees Fall" by Maya Angelou, contributed by Ella Eisenberg (2021)
  12. "Grösse, Glühende Wölbung" by Paul Celan, contributed by Lars Hornburg (2021)
  13. "Dad Poem" by Joshua Bennett, contributed by Libby Tseng (2021)
  14. "I Have No Choice But To Keep Looking" by Jennifer Percy, contributed by Andrew Wang (2021)
  15. "To An Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Housman, contributed by Kathleen Coleman (Course Head, 2021)
  16. "Portrait" (2019) and "empty words inspire" (2021), by and contributed by Mai Kim Nguyen (2021)
  17. The ending of "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, contributed by MG Prezioso (TF, 2021)
  18. "Ginny Stopped Dancing" by Jeanne Guillemin, contributed by Matthew Meselson (2021)
  19. “Funeral Blues” by W.H. Auden, contributed by Eliot Cowan (2022)
  20. “Ho sceso, dandoti il braccio, almeno un milione di scale” by Eugenio Montale, contributed by Daniel de Castro (2023)
  21. "Dear Nana II" by Michaela Angemeer, contributed by Kiera Fetter (2023)
  22. “Aubade” and “The Trees” by Philip Larkin, contributed by Fiker Girma (2023)
  23. “You’ve Reached Sam” by Dustin Thao, contributed by Kathy Hua (2023)
  24. "Change of Address" by Dónall Dempsey, contributed by Angela Mei (2023)
  25. “For A.L.” by Douglas Livingstone, contributed by Kathleen Coleman (Course Head, 2023)
  26. “Canzone” by W.H. Auden, contributed by Will Edwards (TF, 2023)
  27. "Shaving" by Richard Blanco, contributed by Wesley Wang (2023)
  28. “On the Death of the Beloved” by John O’Donohue, contributed by Abigail Wright (2023)
  29. "I am a Survivor of a Suicide Loss" (poet unknown), contributed by Matthew Myslenski (2023)
  30. "Is this seat taken?" by Jessica Ardis, contributed by William Ma (2025)
  31. “What Came to Me” by Jane Kenyon, contributed by Melany Hirsch (2025)
  32. "​​​​​​​Big Cat, Little Cat" by Elisha Cooper, contributed by Jason Kleehammer (2025)
  33. "At the Mouth of the River of Bees" by Kij Johnson, contributed by Wency Suo (2025)
  34. "If It's Just a Game" by Sandile Msane, contributed by AJ Lopez (2025)
  35. Three Poems, contributed by Rodrick Shumba (2025)
  36. “I Cannot Forget” by Alexander Kimel, contributed by Marcel Ramos (2025)
  37. “Miners,” by Zdenka Višković Vukić, contributed by Dino Perusko (2025)
  38. "On Loss and Regret" by André Aciman, contributed by Samara Choudhury (2025)
  39. “Mama Never Forgets Her Birds” by Emily Dickinson, contributed by Hannah Nguyen (2025)
  40. “Elegy Of Fortinbras” Zbigniew Herbert (trans. Czeslaw Milosz and Peter Dale Scott) for C.M., contributed by by Kasie Leung (2025)
  41. "emptiness isn’t intangible like they say, is it?" by Nishi Patel, contributed by Nishi Patel (2025)