For me, the vital part of grieving was not to try to “resolve” or cross this distance. It was the distance.
Joy Katz
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Left Behind: Can poetry comfort the grieving? (October30,2013); Full first-person essay read from indexed original Poetry Foundation publication. Two complete consecutive sentences preserve “For me”: the distance is between the living speaker and her deceased mother. This is Katz’s own reflection, n
- Left Behind: Can poetry comfort the grieving? (October30,2013)
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