Odd Mercy: Poems

by Gerald Stern

A collection of poems features such characters as a New York City street woman, Noah, St. Augustine, Walt Whitman, and the author himself.

Genres: Poetry

112 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Gerald Stern, the author of seventeen poetry collections, has won the National Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Ruth Lilly Prize, and the Wallace Stevens Award, among others. He lives in Lambertville, New Jersey.

Reviews

[scarlettraces · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Stern's line. I don't know what the correct poetical technical term is (probably should) but line will do, he's a painterly poet anyway.

[Mills College Library]

811.54 S8392o 1995