In Mercurial Days

"'You wouldn't know anyone,' Jim Berkheiser writes in his poem 'Slide Show,' but of course we know everyone in the earnest, down-to-earth evocations of family and friends that comprise In Mercurial Days. From childhood games to adult farewells, the poems in this collection take us on a journey that is instantly recognizable. With a poet's sense of paradox, Jim Berkheiser offers us images that are at once individual and shared." -Jean LeBlanc, Skating in Concord