A magnificent book of hope and resolve written out of profound losses, by award-winning poet Mark Wunderlich --from Amazon.

"In March 2015, Naja Marie Aidt's son Carl died at twenty-five years old in a tragic accident. When Death Takes Something from You, Give It Back describes the first year after that devastating phone call, until the shock slowly wears off. It is at once a sober account of life after losing a child--showing how grief transforms your relationship to reality, your loved ones, and time--and a book about the language of poetry, loss, and love. How do you...

Poems about the various stages of grief, with 150 selections from a variety of 20th-21st century poets.