Introduction -- The nature of death -- Seeing death -- Those who have gone (and the ones till here) -- Love -- The four-legged and the winged -- Violence -- Facing one's demise -- The crossing-- Remains and rituals -- What comes next -- Carpe Diem -- Ossuary.
Summary
"With more than 320 poems, [this collection] goes across all of history, from the ancients straight through to today, across countries and languages, across schools of poetry"--Page 4 of cover.