Duties Of The Spirit

Patricia Fargnoli does not turn away from pain, but finds solace in nature, in the small everyday gifts of beauty, wisdom, and laughter. This book is about the duties of the spirit: that we are here to experience grief along with joy; desire along with pain, to find places of serenity where we can, to continue, to persevere. These poems have the uncanny ability to provide beauty in a risky world, to confer upon us a mantle of grace, to break our hearts while filling us with joy.