"On the Corner of Mercy Street" is a virtual tugging of the heart, gut-wrenching collection of written word. Book ended by the fantastical epic poem, "Mercy Street," are over 50 poems spanning 10 years of growing up, heartbreak, self-realization and hope.
"On the Corner of Mercy Street" is a virtual tugging of the heart, gut-wrenching collection of written word. Book ended by the fantastical epic poem, ...
""Yesterday I danced on the head of a pin and smoked a camel through the eye of a needle .""
The opening line of Alan Geibe's debut poetry collection in 2004, "On the Corner of Mercy Street," left little doubt that a fresh and completely original, new voice had entered onto the scene of modern poetry. The collection, centered around the epic poem, "Mercy Street," and layered with scenes of haunting imagery, has been compared to the music of the 1960's, while leaning "toward the remarkable fantasy worlds of such writers as Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien and J. K. Rowling," according to...
""Yesterday I danced on the head of a pin and smoked a camel through the eye of a needle .""
The opening line of Alan Geibe's debut poetry colle...
