Comments | ysabetwordsmith: Poem: "Books of the Dead and the Living"

ysabetwordsmith

Poem: "Books of the Dead and the Living"

Dec 07, 2009 11:42

This poem came out of the December 1, 2009 poetry fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from natasiakith. This is actually the extra freebie poem you get when someone new participates in the fishbowl; sorry it's late. New prompters this month were natasiakith, Anthony Barrette, Doug Edwards, and probably the Anonymous person. The liturgies mentioned in the poem are ( Read more... )

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Comments 4

siege December 8 2009, 04:02:35 UTC

Very true. My mother has decided that she wants to work in hospice care and death counseling because she feels the need so unfilled in this culture.

Yes... ysabetwordsmith December 9 2009, 00:37:37 UTC

We have no thanatologists. There is very little support for anything remotely approaching a healthy death experience. It's a miserable disaster. Every effort to improve the situation is greatly needed.

natasiakith December 8 2009, 07:49:17 UTC

I. Love. It.

Yay! ysabetwordsmith December 9 2009, 00:37:52 UTC

I'm so glad to hear it!