Gone Bye-Bye
I look in the casket but the you I knew is not there. Left instead is the body-suit you wore when I knew you. Who you were, your essence, your soul, is not there. The man I bore two children with,...
View ArticleRest in Peace Senator Kennedy
Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy of Massachusetts passed away last night at the age of 77. He was a towering figure in the U.S. Senate and a man who wielded political power and influence according to his...
View Articlefriends, fun, funerals, fear – a seesaw week
My life last week during this most enjoyable Boston summer was brimming with events that ran the spectrum of emotional experiences. It was a seesaw. Friends Out-of-town friends visited during the...
View ArticleEnding, concluding, summing up
I’ve noticed that in fiction, especially short stories, stories often stop rather than conclude. While recently reading a couple of short story collections trying to find stories for the short story...
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A Lyrical Life – Rose Marie McCoy
Reading obituaries on a regular basis introduces me to all sorts of people of local, national and international renown who have lived interesting/riveting/extraordinary lives. I have blogged about...
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Can I poet with you – W.H. Auden
Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden was made famous by the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, when one of the key characters mourns the unexpected death of his partner. It turns out, the poem was written in a...
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