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Original poem reprinted online here: "Grief" by Richard Brostoff Originally read: April 20, 2013 More information about the Poet: Richard Brostoff When I first read this poem I thought two things. 1) How risky it is to title a poem "Grief."  There's a higher percentage of sentimental verse and personal cringe-worthy experiences which can turn off a reader.  2)  What does Sargasso Sea represent in all this? So after rereading this a couple of times, I go back to the speaker who weaves together the allegory of the vortex to grief. In the first stanza, the mention of the Sargasso Sea is puzzling still.  I think I did look it up and the Sargasso Sea has a history of having vortexes -- but I was looking for more of an allusion.  I'm pretty sure the allusion is quite obvious if I took some time, but it wasn't the focus of the poem for me, rather the language used, " disappears into itself" where the ambiguous pronoun works for the sea and the idea of...