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    Ceaseless Rain
    Ceaseless Rain
    Ceaseless Rain
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    Ceaseless Rain

    By Dorothy Mahoney

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    Ceaseless Rain is a meditation on grief. It is a carnival ride where the floor drops out, it is a ghost apple, it is the bones left in the birdbath by crows. This is where the redemptive power of rain streams down in an eclectic mix of images, revealing the daily routines of a hospice residential home. Written in both free verse and halibun, the poems combine to create an intimate portrait of love and humour at the end-of life journey. This is a collection to hold close to the heart.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPalimpsest Press
    Release dateMay 1, 2020
    ISBN9781989287422
    Ceaseless Rain
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    Dorothy Mahoney

    Dorothy Mahoney is the author of several poetry collections including, Off-Leash (Palimpsest Press, 2016). Her poetry has been included in numerous anthologies, most recently Heartwood, poems for the love of trees (The League of Canadian Poets, 2018). Her haibun, M PATHY, won an Honourable Mention in the Genjuan International Haibun Contest in Japan, 2017. She is a Hospice volunteer in Windsor.

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