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Gone But Not Forgotten
by Anna, Australia, Art Therapist, 58
here and there
by victoria slind-flor, California USA, journalist, 59
Out of Africa
by Samantha, NSW, Consultant, 34
Turn me in diamonds
by Rebecca, SA, Artist / Engineer, 26
The First Step in Eternity
by Rita, NSW, Radio Presenter, 64
dissect me
by jane, australia, artist, 37
flying with the eagles
by Elaine, Victoria, 37
KurtS
by Warren, NSW, Railway, 43
tiger
by samantha, nsw, student, 16
My type of funeral
by Beverley Watts, NSW Australia, self-employed, 49
Little Wing
by Diane, NSW, Australia, University Student, 19
What I want to happen to me
by Joy Hardyman, Scotland, Student, 14
my plan
by Melanie, australia, educator, 24
Buried alive
by Pat Roller, WA, Anatomist (Retired), 73
My Plans
by Mandie, NSW, Australia, Assistant, 27
Ah answer to the bells
by Susan Yeadon, Nova Scotia, Canada, Personel Care Worker, 43
Bells
by Susan Yeadon, Nova Scotia, Canada, Personel Care Worker, 43
My Father's Ashes - what he left behind
by Al, Michigan, U.S.A., 62
The body of my Mother
by quinana, nsw, artist, 52
The Dawn of Nothing.
by David Cresswell, nsw, engineer, 39
It's over
by Stella, Australia, Teacher, 60
Burying Felix
by frederick george, victoria, clerk, 45
Do as thou wilt
by Phil Walker, NSW, Sales, 26
Bang
by Elizabeth Barber, NSW, Student, 14
After my Mother died
by Heleanor Feltham, Australia, Museum professional, 60
When I die...
by Leone, NSW, Librarian, 40
My mother
by R.M. Pattinama, The Netherlands, Warehouse Manager, 40
Samhain 2003 above San Francisco
by victoria slind-flor, California USA, journalist, 59
National centre for Childhood Grief
by Mal McKissock OAM, NSW, Bereavement Counsellor, 50 something
over my dead body
by The Terrors of Death, Australia/NSW, student, 11
remembering my death
by elvia carolina, caracas/venezuela, vendedora, 24
Memories & Mysteries at Samhain
by Lesley-Caron Veater, Victoria/Australia, Social Work Field Education, 46
selfish grief
by melinda, n.s.w, 35
A nugget of gold
by Carol, Bristol, UK, Funeral Celebrant & Co-ordinator, 50
Cock-up
by M Stevenson, NSW, Teacher, 39
The Sea
by Vi, South Australia, Educator, 49
My Ruth
by Nikki, Australia, Personal Carer, 34
A Long and Contented Life
by Dorothy, NSW, Retired Teacher, 70
like sleeping
by carla, nsw, employee, 27
M is for the Many things she told me
by M. D. Fisher, Queensland, Australia, retired, 77
Death of my Mother (late Smt K. Raja Lakshmi)
by K. Chandra Shekar, India, Computer, 34
Where Is The Justice?
by Polly, Qld, Retired, 67
Honouring the Dead
by joanna, NSW, Dramatherapist, 59
An English Rose Remembered
by Patrick Oliver, Qld Australia, 52
My brother, My mate
by Andre Strooband, Queensland, Newsagent, 55
Remembering Those Who Walked This World
by Sally McLean, Victoria, Australia, Screenwriter/Producer, 30
On Death
by Tony, NSW, IT Manager, 43
Poems for the dead - my best friend, my cousin, my mother
by Heleanor Feltham, Australia, Museum professional, 60
Bella
by Catherine, Sydney, NSW, Business Development, 27
Memories
by Megan Lang, NSW, Trainer, 28
Tattoo
by Kate Evans, Sydney, Australia, Producer and researcher, 36
Life after Death
by Peter James Seekings, Sydney N.S.W., College printer, 57
do we just cease to exist?
by lori, nsw, student, 18
Who's Afraid
by Leighton, NSW, Property Manager, 30
Final farewell
by Fiona, NSW, Australia, Student, 31
Inconsistencies
by Jane Hosking, NSW Australia, Artist, 36
My dear Bijou
by Mary, Victoria, Librarian, 53
Have to wait and see
by Linda, Qld, Psychologist, 44
Suddenly, I KNEW . . .
by Michael Sichel, NSW, Osteopath, 68
What happens when an Athiest dies?
by Helen Phillips, NSW Australia, Librarian / philosopher, 40
eternal boredom?
by Lisa, NSW, educator, 36
Uncertainty
by Catherine Dunkerley, NSW, Trade Commissioner, 27
Reincarnation/Karma-Body being a vehicle for experience.
by Rohan, Sydney, 24
Euthanasia
by Robin, W.A., Retired Public Servant/Carer, 56
Just the way it is
by Ellen, NSW, Australia, Communications, 34
Through the eyes of my Father
by Maree, NSW Australia, home duties, 52
Living with Death
by Jeff j, NSW, student, 55
Still Much To Learn
by Belinda, Vic, Registerd Nurse, 34
The end
by M Stevenson, NSW, Teacher, 39
Death -Insights on Life
by Australia's first art exhibition on the theme of Death, NSW, Executive Manager, JCNT, Rookwood, 60
not being there
by Megan, NSW, writer, 43
The end is the beginning is the end...
by Diane, NSW, Australia, University Student, 19
Death becomes us
by Roger Fryer, NSW, Photo-journalist, 53
inevitable!
by j.k, Australia/qld, blue colar, 15
A Death Observed
by Susan, WA United States, writer, 64
Humanist Metaphors from Iran
by Ann Young, NSW, President, Council of Australian Humanist Societies, 60
Fearing Death
by Ann Young, Sydney, Teacher, 60
Death is the beginning of Mythology
by Tony, Western Australia, Consultant, 50
Seems to be the way to go...
by Jo, Perth, WA, Registered Nurse, 47
Death: A Part of Life?
by Gail, Victoria, Health Promotion Worker, 44
Fear like a head in the stand.
by Dirk Blader, Victoria, Broadcaster, 45
Hollywood Sucks
by Janeane, Victoria, Home Duties, 31
what death means for me ...
by llyn, NSW Australia, Student, 50
Maggots
by Richard, Wollongong, Australia, Biologist, 40
Atheist
by Katrina Lobely, Sydney, Australia, Journalist
Bodies are vehicles
by Sam Douglass, Sydney, Australia, University medical admissions officer, 27
The Final Enemy
by Father Dave Smith, Sydney, Australia, Anglican Priest, Boxer, 40
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