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Category: Ellen Bass

The Thing Is

The Thing Is to love life, to love it evenwhen you have no stomach for itand everything you’ve held dearcrumbles … More

Ellen Bass, Grief, Life Lessons, Life Writing, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets

God’s Grief

God’s Grief Great parentwho must have started outwith such high hopes.What magnitude of suffering,the immensity of guilt,the staggering despair.A mind … More

Ellen Bass, Grief, Life Lessons, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading Poetry

Any Common Desolation

Any Common Desolation can be enough to make you look upat the yellowed leaves of the apple tree, the fewthat … More

Coronavirus, Covid-19, Ellen Bass, Indigo, Life Lessons, Lifesaving Poems, mindfulness, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Presence, reading poems, Reading Poetry

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