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Apparently in an interview since writing the poem Frye said that the 'words just came to her', and she also said that she wrote her poetry to bring comfort and pleasure to others, rather than to profit from its publication. Mary Frye, it is said, wrote the poem on a brown paper shopping bag. This seemingly was the inspirational prompt for Mary Fry to write the verse, which (in various forms) has for decades now touched and comforted many thousands of people, especially at times of loss and bereavement. This led to Margaret Schwarzkopf's comment to Mary Frye, according to the apparent history of this, that she had been denied the chance to 'stand by her mother's grave and shed a tear'. The friend was a young German Jewish girl called Margaret Schwarzkopf, who felt unable to visit her dying mother in Germany due to the anti-Semitic feeling at home. Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004) was a housewife from Baltimore USA, when a visiting friend's mother died, and this prompted Mary Frye to compose the verse, which she said was her first real attempt to write poetry. The poem can be found with different titles however, notably 'I Am', reflecting the repetition of that phrase in the verse. Originally the verse had no title, so the poem's first line, 'Do not Stand at My Grave and Weep' naturally became the title by which the poem came to be known. If in doubt, please ask first.The following is based on the Mary Frye claim and the research which apparently substantiated it. Posts using this tag may be subject to moderator approval.
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