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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWorking a "poem" : Whose Is My Grief?
Whose is my grief
And who should may I burden?
So whoever/mine died
and I can't bear it
and everybody I encounter
should be burdened?
I won't apologize
and don't blame all
for not the years and whatnot
of our us.
Am
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Working a "poem" : Whose Is My Grief? (Original Post)
UTUSN
Jun 2022
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Karadeniz
(24,731 posts)1. Good! Also, I bet you like ee cummings, a favorite of mine...
UTUSN
(77,302 posts)2. Thank you. Hurt
highplainsdem
(60,791 posts)3. ...
Grief you share
is not a burden.
Your own pain
isn't yours alone.
All your friends
have lost some loved ones.
What you feel
is hurt we've all known.
UTUSN
(77,302 posts)4. You are so understanding and sweet. thanks
highplainsdem
(60,791 posts)5. {{{{{{{UTUSN}}}}}}}
Brother Buzz
(39,698 posts)6. How Poetry Comes to Me - by Gary Snyder
How Poetry Comes to Me
by Gary Snyder
It comes blundering over the
Boulders at night, it stays
Frightened outside the
Range of my campfire
I go to meet it at the
Edge of the light
by Gary Snyder
It comes blundering over the
Boulders at night, it stays
Frightened outside the
Range of my campfire
I go to meet it at the
Edge of the light
UTUSN
(77,302 posts)7. Wonderful, thanks - way beyond my
UTUSN
(77,302 posts)8. Randy NEWMAN, "Feels Like Home"

