Mary Heim

So I grabbed some of my favorite poetry writers, a lot of them more modern, but some old faves as well that I think could really fit in this time.

Because I also know that the mental load of saying like, okay, let's find poetry.

And now what?

Right?

So let's provide for this reader.

A good collection of ones I think might really work here.

Of course, there is the inimitable Mary Oliver.

I think that whatever you are going through in life, Mary Oliver has written something that will speak to you.

We have her next in line.

Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

Lindsay Rush of Mary Oliver's Drunk Cousin on Instagram.

We've got Kate Bayer for something a little more sadistic.

somber.

And I have this really special collection called The Poetry Remedy.

Have you heard about this one, Meredith?

It's The Poetry Remedy, Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul by William Siegert.

This book is divided up by categories.

We've got emotional baggage and lack of curiosity and aging parents or loss of faith in the world.

And then a bunch of different poems by various poets throughout history that could fall well into these categories.

So you can literally find, right, supporting a dying loved one and grab a poem that is specifically curated to this experience.