Woven Words
Woven Words
Ester
Episode 1 - Immortality and the Semicolon
10 minutes Posted Apr 9, 2021 at 7:00 am.
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In this episode, I discuss the poem "Do not stand at my grave and weep" and its mysterious origins, as well as the use of the semicolon in poetry. The cover art is a drawing I did, inspired by the poem, and here is the poem itself if you would like to read along:

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry;

I am not there. I did not die