The mercy : poems / by Philip Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Philip, 1928-2015.

Language:

English

Genre:

Festschriften.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

viii, 81 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

Summary:

In emotionally rich narrative poems, one of our most beloved poets captures the deep rhythms, always hopeful, sometimes painful, at the heart of the American experience.

The title poem is the name of the ship that brought his mother to America; here are the closing lines:

A nine-year old girl travels

all night by train with one suitcase and an orange.

She learns that mercy is something you can eat

again and again while the juice spills over

your chin, you can wipe it away with the back

of your hands and you can never get enough.

ISBN:

0375401385

0375701354

OCLC:

39800753