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Sep 1, 2012
" Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality."
—Emily Dickinson
After the sudden death of his father, the poet Kevin Young looked for a collection of poems that might speak to his sense of loss. To his surprise, he couldn't find such a collection, so he went to work compiling one. "The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing". Young speaking on NPR shares, "[Poetry]is able to capture a moment, a feeling, perhaps a fleeting feeling, and even make .... music out of it." This piece includes samples of the timeless poems from his collection.
Reflect on the poems or passages that have comforted you in times of grief and loss.