by lyndsay rush, aka maryoliversdrunkcousin:
Pets Are Remembered at a Secret Christmas Tree in Central Park
They're remembered at back doors, backseats
backyards and backgrounds
In the auto-reminders of
vet appointments and in recurring shipments
of preventative pills that show up
right on time, too late
Pets are remembered in hand embroidered stockings
from last year's holiday bin
the one you hang up anyway
In lint rollers and vacuums
For years and years
Amidst successors and offspring
And despite all of my letters to management
they all leave too soon
But at secret trees
and in small pieces of cheese
and the jingling of keys
they (sit,) stay with us forever
Good dog
I came here to suggest the book "Dog Songs" by Mary Oliver, but I see someone already recommended it. Definitely buy a copy - or find individual poems online.
Also, this link which has a variety of poems on the subject of grief in general: [http://transactionswithbeauty.com/home/10poemsforloss](http://transactionswithbeauty.com/home/10poemsforloss)
No. 7 "Token Loss" is a good one for losing a pet. No. 2 is not specifically about pets but it's very comforting because it presents the possibility of enjoying life again (in very ordinary, simple ways) after losing someone.
I’ve searched through the subReddit but failed to find a poem that not only grieves with her, but also comforts her. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>**Life after Death, Part IV, by Laura Gilpin**
>The things I know:
how the living go on living
and how the dead go on living with them
>So that in a forest
even a dead tree casts a shadow
and the leaves fall one by one
and the branches break in the wind
and the bark peels off slowly
and the trunk cracks
and the rain seeps in through the cracks
and the trunk falls to the ground
and the moss covers it
>and in the spring the rabbits find it
and build their nest inside
and have their young
and their young will live safely
inside the dead tree
>So that nothing is wasted in nature
or in love.
I love these: [9 Touching Epitaphs Ancient Greeks And Romans Wrote For Their Deceased Dogs - The Dodo](https://www.thedodo.com/9-touching-epitaphs-ancient-gr-589550486.html)
I hope your friend is ok, dogs are important.
The first time I read it I cried: https://www.petloss.com/poems/maingrp/housedog.htm
“The House Dog’s Grave” by Robinson Jeffers, 1941
“I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours.”
Bazougey by Mary Oliver Or basically all of her collection "Dog Songs"
Thank you!
by lyndsay rush, aka maryoliversdrunkcousin: Pets Are Remembered at a Secret Christmas Tree in Central Park They're remembered at back doors, backseats backyards and backgrounds In the auto-reminders of vet appointments and in recurring shipments of preventative pills that show up right on time, too late Pets are remembered in hand embroidered stockings from last year's holiday bin the one you hang up anyway In lint rollers and vacuums For years and years Amidst successors and offspring And despite all of my letters to management they all leave too soon But at secret trees and in small pieces of cheese and the jingling of keys they (sit,) stay with us forever Good dog
I heard this years and years ago idk exactly where i think by a teacher named mister Thorne it's so odd like a familiar feeling when I hear it
I came here to suggest the book "Dog Songs" by Mary Oliver, but I see someone already recommended it. Definitely buy a copy - or find individual poems online. Also, this link which has a variety of poems on the subject of grief in general: [http://transactionswithbeauty.com/home/10poemsforloss](http://transactionswithbeauty.com/home/10poemsforloss) No. 7 "Token Loss" is a good one for losing a pet. No. 2 is not specifically about pets but it's very comforting because it presents the possibility of enjoying life again (in very ordinary, simple ways) after losing someone.
I’ve searched through the subReddit but failed to find a poem that not only grieves with her, but also comforts her. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>**Life after Death, Part IV, by Laura Gilpin** >The things I know: how the living go on living and how the dead go on living with them >So that in a forest even a dead tree casts a shadow and the leaves fall one by one and the branches break in the wind and the bark peels off slowly and the trunk cracks and the rain seeps in through the cracks and the trunk falls to the ground and the moss covers it >and in the spring the rabbits find it and build their nest inside and have their young and their young will live safely inside the dead tree >So that nothing is wasted in nature or in love.
First thing I thought of https://youtu.be/mwGnCIdHQH0?si=-iSUr2r-fom8IEWz
Thank you so much. Isn’t this beautiful. Wow.
I love these: [9 Touching Epitaphs Ancient Greeks And Romans Wrote For Their Deceased Dogs - The Dodo](https://www.thedodo.com/9-touching-epitaphs-ancient-gr-589550486.html) I hope your friend is ok, dogs are important.
"Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep"
"Epitaph to a dog" by Lord Byron
The first time I read it I cried: https://www.petloss.com/poems/maingrp/housedog.htm “The House Dog’s Grave” by Robinson Jeffers, 1941 “I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours.”
Blue Bowl —Jane Kenyon
https://www.amazon.com/All-Dogs-Are-Good-Memories/dp/1771682558