letting go – Claudia Putnam: Writer: Poetry & Prose

Burning Down the Room

Sep 18, 2012

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in Boulder Fire, Grief, Life Changes, Parenting, PTSD, Trauma, Wildfire

I just came back from visiting my son, now 21. As I think about my next steps in the world—I’ve moved into my third rental space in less than two years—it seems like a good time to post this draft of a blog post I found in my files recently. I’m not sure why it…

Pieces of Silver

Oct 11, 2011

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Claudia Putnam

in Poetry, Uncategorized

No small thing, the shine passing from one person to another… A poem I’m working on starts this way. It’s growing out of a conversation with a New York City taxi driver in which he offered small “advices” that wound up making a big difference in a terrible family crisis. The other night…

Dearly Beloved

Jun 13, 2011

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Claudia Putnam

in Bereavement, Death and dying, Grief, Life Changes, Parenting, Relationships

It took 22 years to come to this. I never knew what to do about letting Jacob’s ashes go. But I am taking a creative writing fellowship on the East Coast this fall. My ex-husband is also moving, and our other son is in college on the West Coast. It didn’t seem right to put…

Unpreparing

Mar 1, 2011

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Claudia Putnam

in Bereavement, Death and dying, Grief, Literary Inspiration, Writing

A further post on the matter of mentally preparing for death. Or un-. Not sure why I’m on this kick. But as I was in the middle of all these thoughts, a high-school English teacher of mine, David Weber, sent me the gorgeous poem below. It was written by another former teacher at Exeter, Charles…

Tag: letting go

Burning Down the Room

Pieces of Silver

Dearly Beloved

Unpreparing