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Tender Mercies
by
Mark Stratton (Goodreads Author)
A poetry collection that looks at life, relationships and the world around us from myriad angles. Some straight on and some oblique.
Paperback, 1, 38 pages
Published
May 3rd 2011
by CreateSpace
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I’ve been carrying mark Stratton’s Tender Mercies (The Pancake Truck Press, 2011) around in my bag for a few months. Mainly it was so I wouldn’t forget to write something about it, but it’s taken me this long. The old blog has fallen down the priority list somewhat these days, but periodically I get the book out, read a few random poems and then stick it back in my bag. Now it’s started to feel like a friend tagging along from place to place offering snapshots and images f...more
I’ve been carrying mark Stratton’s Tender Mercies (The Pancake Truck Press, 2011) around in my bag for a few months. Mainly it was so I wouldn’t forget to write something about it, but it’s taken me this long. The old blog has fallen down the priority list somewhat these days, but periodically I get the book out, read a few random poems and then stick it back in my bag. Now it’s started to feel like a friend tagging along from place to place offering snapshots and images f...more
"She hides her flowers
With a knowing smile"
Mark Stratton offers one of my favorite voices in contemporary poetry. You can pick him out in a bunch, and his work stands strongly. Tender Mercies is a fantastic collection that will have your iBrain returning again and again. Lines such as "Careening at the speed of mockery..." and "Enlightenment is a Dirty rubber fetus..." keep the reader engaged and borderline addicted. You just have to read the next one...and then, like all good things, you are pr...more
With a knowing smile"
Mark Stratton offers one of my favorite voices in contemporary poetry. You can pick him out in a bunch, and his work stands strongly. Tender Mercies is a fantastic collection that will have your iBrain returning again and again. Lines such as "Careening at the speed of mockery..." and "Enlightenment is a Dirty rubber fetus..." keep the reader engaged and borderline addicted. You just have to read the next one...and then, like all good things, you are pr...more
Mark's poetry is tender and insightful, modern with classical allusions. I love how the lines dance together and how each page is a glimpse into a day, a scene we have all experienced, but few can render as gracefully as Mark.
"Gradual decline is seldom apparent in the moment."
"Sometimes, I believe I am drowning on a clear blue day with an amber sky of hope or delinquent taxes coming home to roost."
Just a couple of my faves. WONDERFUL collection! One I will read over and over again!
"Sometimes, I believe I am drowning on a clear blue day with an amber sky of hope or delinquent taxes coming home to roost."
Just a couple of my faves. WONDERFUL collection! One I will read over and over again!
Amazing. I loved it. Simple yet complex, layered and thoughtful. Like a fine glass of wine.
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mark Stratton is a writer and poet who lives in Columbia, Missouri with his wife and three cats. His work has appeared in The Book Times, Four and Twenty, The American Zig-Zag Volume One, Media Virus Magazine and elsewhere. He is the author of a self-published collection titled 'Tender Mercies' and a limited edition chapbook "Postmarks." He likes pie.
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