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    Famine Heart: A poetic pathway from chaos to mercy
    Famine Heart: A poetic pathway from chaos to mercy
    Famine Heart: A poetic pathway from chaos to mercy
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    Famine Heart: A poetic pathway from chaos to mercy

    By Rosanda Grau

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    A poetic pathway from chaos to mercy written from a unique altitude, not just where the walls meet the ceiling but rather where the ceiling has been removed allowing the divine sky to erase the darkness. When internal silence gains insight and distance, the words of this poet bubble up to the surface.

    "Rosanda Grau's work is a cutting truth. There is hope, but it does not come free ─ and we do not face our gatekeepers without a scratch. Still, poems like Adoration and Joy When it Comes, remind us, there is a tenderness in the acceptance of our deepest recesses. You will leave the "Famine Heart" collection breathless, ready for a deeply personal and spiritual reckoning of your own."
    ─ Rachel Curry, writer & journalist
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateSep 27, 2021
    ISBN9781098376918
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      Famine Heart - Rosanda Grau

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      For my daughters, Abbey & Eden

      & my husband, Michael

      "In Rosanda Grau’s work is a cutting truth. There is hope, but it does not come free − and we do not face our gatekeepers scratchless. Still, as poems like Adoration and Joy, When it Comes, remind us, there is a tenderness in the acceptance of our deepest recesses. You will leave the Famine Heart collection breathless, ready for a deeply personal and spiritual reckoning of your own."

      — Rachel Curry, writer & journalist

      www.rosandagrau.com

      https://www.facebook.com/Rosanda.FamineHeart

      © Copyright 2021 Rosanda Grau

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Author.

      Cover design by Laura Marie Alvira @ lma108.myportfolio.com

      Cover photo by Rosanda Grau

      Book Baby Publishers

      Printed in the United States of America

      Print ISBN: 978-1-09837-690-1

      Ebook ISBN: 978-1-09837-691-8

      Contents

      Pierced

      The sun is a liar

      Cash ballet

      Canticles

      A thief in the rain

      Your arms hold up the world with love

      Joy, when it comes

      Adoration

      Reaching

      Because the moon exists

      White cotton

      Sweeping

      Kitchen window

      Day after

      Can a bird perch on a

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