Sorry, We No Longer Offer Bereavement Fares

By: Van Prooyen, Laura

Sorry, We No Longer Offer Bereavement Fares records the intensity and absurdity of enduring grief after the death of a brother. As darkly humorous as they are deeply felt, these poems aim their anger at Southwest Airlines, their suffering toward Pema Ch dr n and Mary Oliver, and scorn in the direction of Randall Jarell and a problematic cat. Grief is unpredictable and wild, creating an urge to retreat from and lash out at a world that insists on going on; yet the fever-pitch cannot last forever. In this concise collection, Van Prooyen's poems navigate ferocity and futility brought on by deep sorrow but turn and return to memory as a balm; the sting of loss simmers down, and the ache of missing reverberates like the greatest scream in the history of Rock & Roll.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1963245148
• ISBN13: 9781963245141
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Flowersong Press
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"