Grief Gratitude Poems

Be grateful for the sun that shines,
And burns your skin and hair,
For I have only felt its heat,
Through rags and scars, I wear.

Be grateful for...

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each day
i live to push away 
the thought
that one day
i may face
a world without you

so i strive to live in the moment
stretch out the present
incorporate...

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I loved that man with a hunger, the
Forbidden fruit of my aged old youth, and
Future grief. I was too green, yet laid like root
My blind...

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"Grief can be a doorway to love."
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

Grief can open toward gratitude
As loss can open doors to access gain

As trauma can open...

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I was thinking of the things
I’d ask God about
The worries and the dreams
Seas alive with feelings
Colored in hues of melancholy
Dread whispering to my heart
Listen to...

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Gentle gratitude flavors life with heartfelt happiness ~ Quote by the Writer

Thank You, Lord – for hope and faith
Grace that gives me a second chance
Thank...

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A farewell with a token of gratitude...

To my dear Rosies,
For the thousand colorful blooms, you gave, 
For the everlasting fragrance, you showered on us, 
For...

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Where we embrace love,
Grief is as strong as death;
love lost.

Where we are afflicted with hate,
Gratitude is as strong as death;
loss wished for.

Grief rages against loss,
Yet...

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Gratitude's past grief
brief repast

When re-articulating grief
becomes transparently warm passion,
yet without terrifying overheated anger,
we are together filled with resonantly vulnerable sound 
and traumatic sight,

Therein opens new...

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Taste true thanks
Reap rich rank


Prize pure play
Dance dream day


Note nice name
Feel fear frame


Peak prime pond
Feel faith fond


Love leaps loud
Pace prompt proud


Watch words weep
Dish dream deep


Glimpse...

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Taste true thanks
Reap rich rank


Prize pure play
Dance dream day


Note nice name
Feel fear frame


Peak prime pond
Feel faith fond


Love leaps loud
Pace prompt proud


Watch words weep
Dish dream deep


Glimpse...

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Gratitude in life is an important feeling to have -
             Recalling grief and...

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Thank you dear God for love that heals,
Thank you dear Lord for joy that fills.


Thank you for truth in that sure light,
For certain proof that...

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My son, the strength you possess amazes me
Invincible, a man at sixteen, my babies driving me
Smart and talented, your expression gives away your honesty
A blessing...

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