{"product_id":"the-art-of-mercy-new-and-selected-poems-9781942493907","title":"The Art of Mercy: New and Selected Poems","description":"Robert L. Penick's short, masterful poems have been showing up in small press magazines since the early 1990s. The Art of Mercy, his first full-length collection, contains excerpts from four chapbooks, as well as fifty-seven new and previously uncollected poems. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA native of Louisville, Kentucky, Penick is a true man of the streets, chronicling with clear-eyed sensitivity the ordinary lives of marginalized people, the elderly, the forgotten, the blue-collar workplace, the seductions of alcohol, and the heartbreak of failed relationships.. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in a straightforward narrative style, with deft use of metaphor, these poems sneak up on you with understated dignity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 100 poems collected in The Art of Mercy represent the best of a long, quiet career in the poetry trenches. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Penick's own words: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book took forty years of staring out of windows, finding release in booze and borrowed women, and scraping away at an indistinct idea of kindness and deliverance, the way a would-be prison escapee would work on a cement seam, hoping someday to see the daylight on the other side of the wall. Along the way, I've acquired a good command of cliche-less narrative. My major accomplishment: Stamina.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert L. Penick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hohm Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942493907","brand":"Hohm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713491865737,"sku":"9781942493907","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a2c168ff-e3a3-4651-993d-c035c7d4996b.jpg?v=1719613436","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-mercy-new-and-selected-poems-9781942493907","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}