Loss (Prep)
TO GET READY FOR CLASS.
READ THE POEM BELOW by James Baldwin
WRITE one paragraph ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE KNOWN LOSS-–
DO YOU IDENTIFY WITH BALDWIN’S PRAYER THAT IT MIGHT LIGHTEN UP A BIT?
There is a tight correlation between loving and losing. When you learn of the loss you go into instant dislocation. Sounds, the awareness of time, and the rhythms of coming and going change dramatically during grief. Write about one example of dislocation during a loss.
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By James Baldwin
Lord,
when you send the rain
think about it, please,
a little?
Do
not get carried away
by the sound of falling water,
the marvelous light
on the falling water.
I
am beneath that water.
It falls with great force
and the light
Blinds
me to the light.
“For a person in love, the air looks no different for a person in grief.”
WHEN I WISHED TO SING OF LOVE,
IT TURNED TO SORROW.
AND WHEN I WISHED TO SING OF SORROW, IT WAS TRANSFORMED
FOR ME INTO LOVE.
BY FRANZ SCHUBERT