The Daily Boost #564

You will learn to live with grief

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FOR A STUDENT IN ONE OF MY BASIC WRITING CLASSES
Lisa Starr

“Not only are permanent goodbyes the worse, but it is also one of the most horrible things about life in general.” —Excerpt from a student’s essay, written, by the author’s choice, on “saying goodbye”

May I just say that I love you, Lauren Lonucci
and that somehow your paper made me weep?
You will find the words, eventually,
you will learn to live with grief.
Surely, your diction will improve.
But your heart—your heart is home already.
My young friend, you got this sentence wrong
about eight different ways,
but that bit about "permanent good-byes"—
A+, A+, A+. 

(My thanks to Lisa Starr, via Rafter

Shirley Koepsell

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