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[thread] Do not stand at my grave and weep (mander.xyz)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] fartsparkles 81 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I love the indentations and line breaks of the original when first published:

     Do not stand
          By my grave, and weep.
     I am not there,
          I do not sleep—
I am the thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints in snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
As you awake with morning’s hush,
I am the swift, up-flinging rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight,
I am the day transcending night.
     Do not stand
          By my grave, and cry—
     I am not there,
          I did not die.

— Clare Harner, The Gypsy, December 1934

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Beautiful ~~prose~~ poetry, thanks for sharing [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is poetry not prose

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Ty, edited!

[–] RebekahWSD 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is what my mother wants me to remember her by when she goes.

It hurts.

[–] fartsparkles 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I’m so so so sorry to hear that.

I hope you can find some warmth in knowing, ahead of time, a poem that means a lot to her and that you can hold on to and always remember her by.

My heart goes out to you.