The Black River: Death Poems is an anthology of poems for people who are grieving and for use in death rituals. 69 authors from 8 countries have contributed to this anthology of 149 poems grouped into 4 stages: Dying, Death, Remaining, and Journeying. The poems are heavily indexed: by relationship to deceased; by themes-memory loss, pregnancy loss, long/short illness, violence/war/suicide, hope, acceptance of death; by language-most are English and there are 3 in Spanish, 1 French, and 1 Arabic; and by suggested for use in ritual. Edited by Deirdre Pulgram-Arthen, an experienced death midwife, counsellor, and death ritual leader, this book is non-denominational and brings together contemporary poets writing on the many stages of grief and death. 250+ pages; featuring interior page decorations.