The poem my ­fingers had landed on was called “Goodbye,” and it was about someone saying farewell to the world. Right then, I knew I could find peace in his loss. Even though our physical ...

It is an emotionally challenging experience to suddenly and unexpectedly lose a loved one without having the opportunity to say goodbye. Some people do well and don’t need to say goodbye.

I became friends with Helen Vendler — the legendary poetry critic who died last week ... the mouth that always seemed on the verge of saying something meaningful and the sad-kind-wise ...

The poem my ­fingers had landed on was called "Goodbye," and it was about someone saying farewell to the world. Right then, I knew I could find peace in his loss. Even though our physical ...