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Readings

These readings were selected for reflection at Maine Hospice Council meetings.

• Now we will count to twelve

• Four Quartets: Little Gidding (TS Elliot)

• White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field (Mary Oliver)

• Don't go back to sleep (Rumi)

• Look for a clear morning (Jessie Phoenix)

• The Gift (Mary Oliver, House of Light, 1990 Beacon Press)

• Our Deepest Fear (Nelson Mandella -- 1994 Inaugural speech)

These selections were recommended to the Maine Hospice Council. If you would like to submit a short reading, please contact the Council.

• Fall (Eyidi A.,  Maine State Prison Inmate and Grief Group Member)

• The Peace of Wild Things (Wendell Berry)

• The Rights of the Dying

• Karina's Song (submitted by Lynn and Dan Ellis)

Ronald G. Thurston, Managing Partner of The Eighth Age LLC, has graciously allowed us to publish a couple of his poems

• On Passing

• On watching the death of your father

Other Suggested Readings

General

• Final Gifts: Understanding The Special Awareness, Needs and Communications of the Dying -- by Maggie Calanan & Patricia Kelly, Poseidon Press, 1992

• The Healing Family: The Simonton Approach for Families Facing Illness -- by Stephanie Mathews Simonton, 1984

• The Helper's Journey: Working with People Facing Grief, Loss and Life Threatening Illness -- by Dale G. Larson, Research Press, 1993

• The Hospice Movement -- by Sandol Stoddard, Vintage Books, 1978

• On Death and Dying -- by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1969

• When Bad Things Happen to Good People -- by Harold Kushner, Avon Books, 1981

• How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter -- by Sherwin B. Newland, A.A. Knopf, 1993

• Denial of the Soul -- by M. Scott Peck, MD, Harmony Books, 1997

Home Care

• Care of the Dying -- by Ricahrd Lamerton, Penquin Books, 1980  (How to Keep Someone at Home)

• Coming Home: A Guide to Home Care for the Terminally Ill -- by Deboarah Duda, 1984

Grief and Bereavement

• The Courage to Grieve: Creative Living, Recovery, and Growth through Grief -- by Judy Tatelbaum, 1984

• Living When a Loved One Has Died -- by Earl Grollman

• Meeting at the Edge -- by Stephen Levine

• Stages of Sorrow -- by Kathleen Smith, Southwest Book Services, 1978

For Children

• About Dying -- by Sara Stein, Walker and Company, 1974 (ages 3-8)

• Learning to Say Good-Bye: When a Parent Dies -- by Eda LeShan, 1978 (for parents coping with children)

• Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child -- by Earl Grollman

• Part of Me Died, Too -- by Virginia Lynn Fry, Dutton's Children's Books, 1995