The Preface to this collection deals with the way that creativity can help someone through the grieving process. The Epilogue discusses coping with grief as well as selected referencse and a life of web sites that help and information about griving. Topics covered in the poems include dealing with the death of a mother, father, brother, grandfather, friend, therapist, and John F. Kennedy Jr., the holidays after a loved one dies; the Vietnam War; and more.