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News of the talented and much-loved poet Rachel Wetzsteon's death circulated yesterday and this morning an e-mail from her friend Rachel Hadas confirmed the sad news. We're still trying to make sense of it. She apparently took her life, at 42. Too young to die.
As we close out this year, I want to plead with everyone out there who is in despair and feels hopeless: wait. Please please get help. Here's a place to start.
-- sdh
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
Thank you for posting this, Stacey.
I echo what is written here - please know you are not alone and that there is help out there. The world is a better place with you in it.
Posted by: Laura Orem | December 31, 2009 at 08:55 AM
I'm sorry for posting my frivolous song; I didn't know.
Posted by: jim cummins | December 31, 2009 at 06:32 PM
Thank you for this, Stacey--it reminds me of the time you told me "we are here to bear witness" for one another, for one another's lives. It's a thought that comforted, and keeps comforting.
Ming
Posted by: Minglishmuffin | January 01, 2010 at 01:10 AM
my condolences to her friends and family
Posted by: Jilly | January 01, 2010 at 05:28 PM
When I was younger, I use to think Poetry saves, now perhaps the best we can do is save the poems....
Posted by: Ben | January 02, 2010 at 09:05 AM