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Tenebrae: A Memoir of Love and Death
Paperback
Publisher Price: $14.99
Publisher: Arjuna Books
Published: Apr 21 2026
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A literary meditation on grief, ritual, and the space between light and darkness.
In the Tenebrae service, candles are extinguished one by one until only darkness remains.
In Tenebrae: A Memoir of Love and Death, Dan Flanigan brings that ritual into
language-using poetry and reflection to explore the emotional and spiritual aftermath of
losing his wife.
These poems are not only expressions of grief-they are structured acts of remembrance.
Moving between memory, faith, doubt, and silence, the collection captures the gradual
unfolding of loss and the fragile persistence of love.
Inside this collection:
- Literary poetry reflecting the loss of a spouse
- Symbolic structure rooted in the Tenebrae ritual
- Meditations on faith, mortality, and meaning
- A blend of memoir and contemporary poetry
Quiet, deliberate, and deeply human, Tenebrae is a collection for readers who value poetry
that engages both intellect and emotion.
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