Friday, January 3, 2003

When Death Comes Comments

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When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
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Mary Oliver
death brotherhood
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Jerry Hughes 18 December 2005

simply wonderful imagery. Thank you, mary

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Iain Barrie 16 September 2005

Came upon this quite by accident. Picked a book off the shelf in my library at random. It was entitled Poems for Funerals. Well worth a read. The attitude to life in this poem really spoke to me. Have emailed this poem to several friends. Quite brightened my day. Thank you Mary.

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