Adrift

The death of a child is the greatest loss of all.</p>Losing one's child is a non-negotiable experience that can cast one adrift in uncharted waters in a boat without anchor or rudder. Initially one's mind is kept busy attending to necessary arrangements-but within a few days the reality of loss sets in-and does not leave. The order of the day suddenly becomes disorder and seeing it through is the ordeal at hand for emotional survival.</p><I>Adrift: Poems After the Death of a Child</I> was my attempt to sort things out in poetry after the death of our son John. It is story of loss heartrending sadness and somber remembrance of our son; and yet it is a story in poems that in the telling helps me to get through the trial. I hope that my story helps all who suffer the greatest loss of all.</p>