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Poet: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poem: Dirge Without Music
Poem of the Day:
Jan 6 2009
Comment 9 of 9, added on January 29th, 2011 at 8:02 AM.
This is a wonderful, powerfully emotional poem. As a person who does not believe in imaginary skyfairies, I really appreciate how this poem expresses the raw emotion of feelings of loss, without making repeated references to "Gods Plan", or "She is in heaven now" or other simplistic platitutes.
A few years ago when my loving grandmother died, I was asked to speak at the funeral, which was held at a Catholic church. I wish I had thought to include a reading of this poem back then.
Michael from United States
Comment 8 of 9, added on May 21st, 2009 at 2:46 PM.
Wikipedia entries for Bob Dylan's recent album, Time Out of Mind, refer to Samuel Beckett and John Keats as influences on the album and the song Not Dark Yet. Dirge Without Music should be added not only because it's the source of the album title.
Kathe from United States
Comment 7 of 9, added on April 23rd, 2006 at 1:51 PM.
As I age and have more personal loses, I return to read "Dirge without Music." The poem is hardly hopeful and certainly lacks comfort as I grieve, but it is brilliant in its connections with human feelings;and, somehow, its truth and lack of soothing bromides, encourages me to mourn for awhile, then move on.
Alice Orshan from United States
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This is a wonderful, powerfully emotional poem. As a person who does not believe in imaginary skyfairies, I really appreciate how this poem expresses the raw emotion of feelings of loss, without making repeated references to "Gods Plan", or "She is in heaven now" or other simplistic platitutes.
A few years ago when my loving grandmother died, I was asked to speak at the funeral, which was held at a Catholic church. I wish I had thought to include a reading of this poem back then.
Michael from United States