This book describes encounters with severely ill and dying individuals in music and poetry therapy. The spiritual power of music and the intellectual richness found in poems and stories can become palpable, audible, and visible in each interaction with suffering individuals, allowing one to witness their transformation. When medical and verbal efforts reach their limits, sounds and tones, as well as recitations of poems and stories, can help alleviate despair and fears. The author provides examples to inspire one's own work and aims to encourage readers to discover their individual approach to therapeutic encounters through music and poetry. The book is aimed at doctors, music therapists, as well as nursing staff, hospice workers, and relatives of the sick and dying. The descriptions are based on personal experience.