Poetry

From the author of Letters to a Young Poet, one of the greatest letter collections of all time, comes a new selection of the great poet's writings to bereaved friends and acquaintances, reflecting on death and dying, providing comfort in a time of grief.

When the heart goes dry, the world goes flat—aching for spirit’s warm rain. Until something in the marrow stirs: a new beginning, a reawakening, a rising intuition. As rain revives parched soil, so from deep in our longing a merciful grace upwells. The heart overflows.