Enjoy these poems selected, and in some cases written, with our loved ones on the Otherside deeply in mind and heart.
These poems are discussed and reflected upon each Thursday at noon ET as part of our Downeast 12-Step Bereavement Support Group (ZOOM Meeting). All are welcome.
We look forward to meeting you there.
5/25/2023: HomeGoods by Janice Lobo Sapigao
5/18/2023: Gavin’s Song by Marc Broussard
5/11/2023: Learning to grieve by Ron Beard
4/13/2023: The Window by Rumi
4/6/2023: On Death, Grief and Life’s Deepest Meaning by Elizabeth Gray Vining
3/30/2023: Everything Falls Away by Parker J. Palmer
3/23/2023: Spring Drumming Again by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
3/16/2023: Gather Up by Athey Thompson
3/9/2023: I Will Not Work Today by Tom Howard
3/2/2023: Joy in the Morning by Tauren Wells
2/23/2023: Stirring Sleeping Beauty (An Incantation) by Lisa Reilich
2/16/2023: Just Like That by Bonnie Raitt
2/9/2023: Train Ride by Ruth Stone
2/2/2023: Shadow and Light Source Both by Rumi, translation by Coleman Barks
1/26/2023: Praise Song by Hafizah Augustus Geter
1/19/2023: Life is Like Stepping Onto a Boat by Shunryu Suzuki Rossi
1/12/2023: Letters to a Young Poet (poetic excerpt) by Rainer Maria Rilke
1/5/2023: I Worried by Mary Oliver
12/29/2022: The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett (poetic excerpt)
12/22/2022: In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti
12/15/2022: How Many Nights by Galway Kinnell
12/8/2022: And, She Said by Athey Thompson
12/1/2022: Belonging by Rosemary Wahtola Trommer
11/24/2022: Coda by Jason Shinder
11/17/2022: Song of No Coming, No Going by Thich Naht Hanh
11/10/2022: Mysteries, Yes by Mary Oliver
11/3/2022: A Blessing for Absence by John O’Donohue
10/27/2022: Nothing is Too Small Not to Be Wondered About by Mary Oliver
10/20/2022: Fall Song by Joy Harjo
10/13/2022: Zen poem translated by Sr. Dang Nghiem
10/5/2022: The World I Live In by Mary Oliver
6/16/2022: Downeast Sunrise Trail by Kristen Spreanza
6/9/2022: When I Am Among the Trees by Mary Oliver
6/2/2022: The Rest House by Brandon Shimoda
5/26/2022: For Grief by John O’Donohue
5/19/2022: Stages by Herman Hesse
5/12/2022: Ocean by Native
5/5/2022: The Cloud by Thich Naht Hanh
4/28/2022: from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
4/21/2022: Haunted Houses by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4/14/2022: Gone from My Sight by Rev. Luther F. Beecher
4/7/2022: Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye
3/31/2022: from New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
3/24/2022: Beannacht by John O’Donohue
3/17/2022: The Morning Birds Joyfully Welcome the Rising Sun by Thich Naht Hanh
3/10/2022: Don’t Go Back to Sleep by Rumi
3/3/2022: How to Grieve on Tuesdays with Flare by Lisa Reilich