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Merciful Days - Poems (Paperback)
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Merciful Days - Poems (Paperback)
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Merciful Days is the fourth collection of poems by East Tennessee
poet Jesse Graves, recipient of the James Still Award for Writing
about the Appalachia from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. In a
language that is both plainspoken and lyrical, Graves examines the
connections that hold people together across generations and
against the breaches of time and distance. The landscapes of his
native region possess a mythic beauty and Graves writes of the
animating force it can become in a poet's imagination. He closely
observes animals and plants, the circling of hawks, and the curling
of wild ginger leaves, as well as less palpable phenomena such as
how wind stirs the surface of still water. Merciful Days is a book
of elegies and celebrations. Graves's poems are haunted by the lost
futures of lives cut short, and by speculative narrations of omens
and portents, witches and spirits seen only in reflection. For all
the darkness visible in the world, Graves elevates the great joy of
feeding birds, walking in the woods, and sharing a life, sometimes
only in memory, with the people we love. Those who have passed on
are remembered here and their stories become a source of light. The
new work in Merciful Days will remind readers why Ron Rash has
said, ""These poems have the music, wisdom, and singular voice of a
talent fully realized, and make abundantly clear that Jesse Graves
is one of America's finest young poets.
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