Poetry of Dying Project

Awakening through Dying

 

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"Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death".


Elisabeth Kübler-ross


 

A deeper relationship

with death

brings

a deeper relationship

with life

Stories

Here are some links to stories and articles of interest:

bulletKaelin Kelly - Awakening Compassion - A Caregivers Journey.  Tender story told in poetry of awakening to life by caring for her dying mother.
bullet Jackie McEntee's Magnificent Life Against Death
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

Leonardo da Vinci
 

 
 

Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever.


Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross, "On Death and Dying," 1969