Francis Spillane

Good Mourning, Hopeful Night Francis Spillane

What do you do when you've lost someone you love deeply and miss them more than anyone can understand? This book of poetry documents the agony of loves that have been lost to death and the mysterious recovery that comes through memories and faith. The author's sensitivity to others shines through every verse. Starting with the death of his mother, he guides the reader through a process of mourning that at times approaches spiritual terror in its honesty. However, guided by his faith (both scripture and church tradition regularly call him back from the abyss) he leads the reader to a place of hope, ascending quietly above the "fog" of grief to a place of peace. Throughout the journey, it is his love, and that of his beloved, that proves more powerful than death.