{"product_id":"9780807149522","title":"Earth, Mercy: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her new collection, Earth, Mercy, Mary Rose O'Reilley sifts through the debris of human habitation -- pink thong sandals, curlers, broken televisions -- looking for a kind of junkyard grace: \"Holiness enters again \/ turquoise fins, and the Cessna's carapace \/ lifts on its wind.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first poem, \"Genesis,\" locates the reader in Edenic time, \"in that humid and green \/ arrival,\" while the last, \"Watching the End of the World from Hovland, Minnesota,\" gives nature a final word: \"Morels on goat prairie gloat \/ in their blue light. Spruce \/ speaking of green on green.\" Between these points, any poem offers a threshold over which something unexpected may pass -- a ghost, an angel, or the yap of an insouciant dog alerting us to apocalypse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst all that threatens our survival, Earth, Mercy asserts the beauty of our poignantly sensual life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079018529008,"sku":"9780807149522","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807149522_p0.jpg?v=1763738994","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807149522","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}