Five poems for grief and loss
Downhearted by Ada Limon
For Hans Corossa by Rainer Maria Rilke
“Losing too is still ours; and even forgetting
still has a shape in the kingdom of transformation.
When something's let go of, it circles; and though we are
rarely the center
of the circle, it draws around us its unbroken, marvelous
curve.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
The Rabbit by Mary Oliver
Obligations 2 by Layli Long Soldier
Instrumentation by Ada Limon
What are your favorite poems for grief and loss?
