Use these sympathy poems in cards, messages, texts, or other ways to support a grieving friend or family member. Turn to ...

It's that ability -- to express a feeling like the one that arrives quickly after the loss of a loved one -- that poems like Auden's wield. "I think that's a real part of grief that we sometimes ...

This beautiful poem, "Death is Nothing at All", honoring the departed was adapted by Irish monks and make popular, used often at Irish funerals, the Carmelite monks in Tallow, County Waterford.

Dozens of readers shared stories of how poetry helped them process grief. Trisha Fountain of Ann Arbor, Mich., lost her mother to cancer the week after she graduated from college.

If you’ve lost a pet, you have likely encountered “Rainbow Bridge”—a simple but poignant poem about animal heaven and the promise of reunion with furry loved ones.