Time of Grief: Mourning Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780811220323)

Time of Grief is an anthology of poems divided into forty-nine days of mourning: "forty-nine days of mourning: reflecting a period of grieving as observed in Buddhist and Judaic traditions. Each day's reading consists of one or more poems by some of the world's most celebrated poets from diverse cultures and centuries, from classical times to today. Seventy-five writers from over twenty countries confront illness, loss, love lost, death and mortality, through moving requiems and lamentations, elegies and eulogies. Reaffirming poetry's ancient and intimate link with ritual, this collection opens up a calendrical, spiritual space for readers to experience bereavement as a means toward transformation.

Author: Jeffrey Yang
ISBN-10: 081122032X
ISBN-13: 9780811220323
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2013
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.10h x 4.40w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Books & Culture 11/01/2013 pg. 34