Another Slice of Chocolate Cake: Poems for Those Who Grieve
Ebook
Being in touch with feelings--naming ones stirred up by a loss--can be critical in terms of moving ahead productively. Loss comes in many different packages: losses of relationship whether by death, divorce, or some other means; loss of status as per experiencing retirement or down-grading with respect to jobs; material loss whether homes, savings accounts, etc.; loss of function whether declining health, loss of a body part, etc. Whatever the loss there is an accompanying need to grieve. Wright's own experience of a metastatic breast cancer diagnosis has been her most challenging loss in life. Her poetry is honest in terms of the feelings she has faced. Instead of glossing over the challenges of loss, she attacks them head-on. This is especially true in terms of the conversations she has with God. Her desire is to grant permission for readers to be equally honest in terms of feelings they encounter with respect to their losses in life.
“This book is a beautifully written, thought-provoking work that will keep you thinking long after you turn the page. Shirley Wright’s poetry dives into the heart of life’s greatest challenges and offers perspective, hope, and wisdom as her thoughts come alive on the page. As a physician and fundamentally as a human, I finished this book feeling more comfortable with loss and with a greater understanding of life.”
—Jane Lowe Meisel, associate professor of hematology and medical oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
“Born out of deep personal experience, Shirley Wright’s poetry calls readers into a world of questions, tears, heartaches, doubts, and fears, ‘but then I find strength in some unexpected Visitor to my shore, calling me to hope again.’”
—Jack Eisenman, executive director, Winterville, Georgia, Cultural Center
- Title: Another Slice of Chocolate Cake: Poems for Those Who Grieve
- Authors: Shirley Biggerstaff Wright, George Grant
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385206261, 9798385206247, 9798385206254
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385206261
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-02-21T21:41:23Z
Shirley Biggerstaff Wright holds a DMin from Erskine Theological Seminary, Due West, South Carolina, with her dissertation involving the Psalms and grief. Her MDiv is from Candler School of Theology, Emory University. She is a retired minister in the United Methodist Church. Much of her focus in ministry has been in the area of loss and grief.