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    Heavy Grace
    Heavy Grace
    Heavy Grace
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    Heavy Grace

    By Robert Cording

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    Poetry. HEAVY GRACE is the third collection of poems by Robert Cording, exploring what he terms the "deep syntax of grief" with spirituality and humbleness. "Cording recognizes that the 'heart cannot be comforted,' yet his stern poems offer a measure of solace, a kind of grace - a way to live in ther here, the now." - Christopher Merrill
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlice James Books
    Release dateSep 21, 2022
    ISBN9781949944211
    Heavy Grace
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    Robert Cording

    Robert Cording taught English and creative writing at College of the Holy Cross for thirty-eight years and then worked as a poetry mentor in the Seattle Pacific University MFA program. He has published nine collections of poems, the latest of which is Without My Asking, and a volume of prose on poetry and religion, Finding the World’s Fullness. He has been awarded two NEA fellowships in poetry, a Pushcart Prize, and has had work in numerous anthologies, including Poets of the New Century, The Best American Spiritual Writing, The Poetry Anthology, and The Best American Poetry.

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