Poetry says things that cannot be said any other way. This collection looks at relationships and our place in them, from the personal to the impersonal. Technology, politics and iconography also play a role in our lives and these poems. The poems in this collection slowly seep into you, becoming richer and more meaningful as time spent with them increases. Sure to become a collection you return to again and again.
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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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At once gritty, comfortable, raw and provacative, Mark Stratton's "Tender Mercies" taps into emotions instantly recognizable. Some startle you with their sharp tone, while others wash over you like a cool breeze. The collection, as a whole, touches that most basic part of each of us...the loving, fighting, wishing, regretting, living, dying part of us. There is a rhythm and a cohesiveness to the collection that invites the reader back for another look, and inspires new interpretations with each reading. "Tender Mercies" should be shared and discussed, and most of all, enjoyed.
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Mark's "Tender Mercies" is complex and yet simple, layered, textured, fat with thought that demands to be read over and over again because there's so much more than meets the eye at first glance. It is a Sunday drive down an old country road- your favorite music blaring out from the speakers as the wind rips through your hair. His poetry is his own and yet it is all of us. Savor this delicious book of poems and then purchase copies to give your friends and family. Enjoy!
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By Rosemarie
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Tender Mercies is everything that's wonderful about poetry. Simple yet often profoundly complex, the author is a talented and creative wordsmith. Be prepared to feel a gamut of emotions.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
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