Poetry offers transformative potentiality to the dying process.
Rafael Campo
In “What I Would Give,” Dr. Rafael Campo offers a sentiment about giving more than medical attention to a dying patient. Campo advocates for the role poetry and literature play in the healing process.
Pablo Neruda
In “Nothing But Death,” death is omnipresent and seizes the senses.
Emily Dickinson
In “Because I could not stop for Death” one of history’s most famous poets personifies Death with a capital “D”.
Maya Angelou
In “When Great Trees Fall,” the impact of the loss is felt far and wide and in ways big and small.
Dylan Thomas
The poet recites “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” in this famous lyrical, metaphorical poem.