Category: approaching death

• When Death Comes

  by Mary Oliver When death comeslike the hungry bear in autumn;when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;when death comeslike the measle-pox; when death comeslike an iceberg between the shoulder blades, I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:what is…

  Seraphina Malizia

  October 4, 2022

  approaching death, dying, Poems

  approaching death, curiosity, dying