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9781889262475
From the Preface: "...Creativity can help to fill the emotional void caused by a loss. It empowers you as you take that loss, whether it's because of terminal illness, death, or separation & create something from it...But whether or not you write your own poetry, there is a cathartic benefit to reading the poems of others. They're also meant to entertain, like a good blues ballad..." This poetry collection also Includes an Epilogue on coping with grief, references & resources, including web site addresses. Topics dealt with: coping with a miscarriage, illness or death of a father, mother, brother, grandfather, friend, therapist & John F. Kennedy, Jr.; the holidays after a loved one dies; & the Vietnam War. " A remarkable & memorable anthology of poems...addressing the universal themes of coping with illness, death, grief, loss & bereavement..." --Midwest Book Review. "Anyone who has lost someone they love will be drawn emotionally into the poems of The Healing Power of Creative Mourning.... Once I began reading this book I couldn't put it down. I truly enjoyed this book & find I reread the poems over & over again. Beautiful work! Well done." --Kathrine Peterson, Director/Producer, After the Tears: A Gentle Guide to Help Children Understand Death.Yager, Jan is the author of 'Healing Power of Creative Mourning Poems' with ISBN 9781889262475 and ISBN 1889262471.
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