Tag: grief

  • Leaves Falling Fast in Goldengrove

    Leaves Falling Fast in Goldengrove

    Many autumns ago, my cousin told me that her daughter had asked her, greatly upset, why all the trees were dying. Apparently, Gerard Manley Hopkins’ young friend asked him the same question. Spring and Fall: to a young child Márgarét, áre you gríeving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leáves like the things of man, you With your…