grief – Carma Spence, Writer & Author

Echoes of Memories

By Carma SpenceFebruary 2, 2011Poetry2011, death, grief, loss

This poem came out of my grieving process when I lost my Dad in January 2011. Death, for the living, is strange Someone you love is there even if they aren’t a part of your every day life and then Suddenly the world goes “poof!” and they aren’t there anymore […]

Death

By Carma SpenceApril 5, 2008Poetry1984, death, grief, loss

Written in 1984, this is another expression of my grief of losing my grandmother. Loss. A missing piece of the puzzle. A knot in the throat. A Demon in the gut. An unfulfilled need. A missing. A not there. A silent scream. Anger. Grief. Deprivement. A barrier to cross some […]

Abuela

By Carma SpenceSeptember 15, 2004Poetry1984, death, grief, loss

Written the summer of 1984 in reaction to losing my Grandmother. I found out just before leaving for the airport to be an exchange student in England. By the time I returned 9 weeks later, everyone else had had a chance to attend the funeral, find closure and move on. […]

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Echoes of Memories

Death

Abuela