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Fighting the Flow

A couple of poems I wrote while my nephews are visiting: fighting the flow we tried to change the flow of a river yesterday we three boys moving logs, mortaring with sand changing its course before it empties to the ocean doing that what we all do everyday fighting against the flow of our lives […]

Tags flow, heart, love, present, river, sand castle, tears

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Lu and Joey Together Again and the Inheritance of Grief

Post author By Ted Seymour
Post date August 7, 2009
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I did it. I brought what remains of my mother’s ashes to rest with her first husband Joe in a cemetery in France. (Please read previous post first for more background). It was a powerful and truly wonderful experience. What clearly stands out for me in this experience is the amount of grief that we […]

Tags burial, grief, hatred, killing, lazy afternoon, lucy reed, music, once in a blue moon, tears, war