{"product_id":"earth-mercy","title":"Earth, Mercy","description":"In her new collection, \u003cem\u003eEarth, Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\"\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst all that threatens our survival, Earth, Mercy asserts the beauty of our poignantly sensual life.","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807681364312,"sku":"9780807149508","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780807149508_cdaafeb7-96b6-4eb8-9934-d9ec3f516447.jpg?v=1781728221","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/earth-mercy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}