Our Story

Two voices, one journey through grief

Born from shared loss and individual experience, our poetry explores the delicate balance between sorrow and hope, darkness and light, grief and acceptance.

Meet the Authors

R. Beaufort

The Elder Voice

The first to face our family's loss, Beaufort's poetry captures the raw immediacy of grief. With verses that speak of sudden emptiness and the struggle to find meaning, their work offers solace to those navigating the early stages of bereavement.

Poetic Approach

Direct, unflinching, and deeply personal, Beaufort's writing embraces the chaos of emotion while seeking patterns of healing within the storm.

C. Goldworthy

The Younger Perspective

Processing loss through a different lens, Goldworthy's poetry explores the longer arc of grief—the gradual acceptance, the moments of unexpected joy, and the quiet transformation of sorrow into wisdom.

Poetic Approach

Reflective and lyrical, Goldworthy's work finds beauty in the aftermath, weaving threads of hope through the fabric of remembrance.

Our Collaboration

What began as separate journeys through grief evolved into a shared exploration of healing through poetry. Our collaborative work brings together the immediacy of fresh loss with the perspective of time passed, creating a dialogue that speaks to readers wherever they find themselves on their own path through sorrow.

Together, we discovered that grief is not a destination but a landscape—one that changes with seasons, with light, with the passage of days. Our poetry maps this terrain, offering companionship to those who walk it.

"In writing together, we found that our individual griefs were not separate burdens but shared threads in a larger tapestry of human experience."

— R. Beaufort & C. Goldworthy

Our Philosophy

Authenticity

We write from lived experience, embracing the messy, complicated reality of grief rather than offering easy answers or false comfort.

Compassion

Our poetry seeks to hold space for others' pain, acknowledging that every grief journey is unique while recognizing our shared humanity.

Hope

Even in the darkest verses, we plant seeds of hope—not as denial of pain, but as recognition of the possibility of healing and transformation.