Poetry in motion: Helping clients to fulfil their 'dash'

I recently came across an article that mentioned a poem by Linda Ellis called "The Dash" which she wrote back in 1996. The Dash is about the life of a man who has passed away, as narrated by his friend at the funeral. The friend refers to everything that he had done and achieved during his life as being represented by ‘the dash'; the space between the date of birth and date of death on his headstone. The friend also goes on to consider how we can live a good life and change how we can live life for the better. "For it matters not how much we own, the cars...the house...