Litany of Flights Pet Loss a Benedictine monk at the

a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Solesmes

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The manuscript remained completely unknown until 1874

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Litany of Flights Pet Loss a Benedictine monk at theWinner of the 2020 Paraclete Poetry Prize, Litany of Flights is a luminous examination of the journey of the soul, from moments of loss to moments of incandescent transformation. These poems remind us to behold the extraordinary in the ordinary, and that the secret workings of the divine occur even through the difficult: the painful paring of your hollow bones has made you light. Drawing on the beauty of the natural world, the devastating effects of