Penick Robert L (15 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Minor shelf wear/ creasing on cover.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

30 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Brief note of presentation from the editor laid in.

January. 30 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Note of presentation from the editor accompanies.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Robert L. Penick's short, masterful poems have been showing up in small press magazines since the early 1990s. The Art of Mercy, his first full-length collection, contains excerpts from four chapbooks, as well as fifty-seven new and previously uncollected poems. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Penick is a true man of the streets, chronicling with clear-eyed sensitivity the ordinary lives of marginalized people, the elderly, the forgotten, the blue-collar workplace, the seductions of alcohol, and the heartbreak of failed relationships. Written in a straightforward narrative style, with deft use of metaphor, these poems sneak up on you with understated dignity. The 100 poems collected in The Art of Mercy represent the best of a long, quiet career in the poetry trenches. In Penick's own words: "This book took forty years of staring out of windows, finding release in booze and borrowed women, and scraping away at an indistinct idea of kindness and deliverance, the way a would-be prison escapee would work on a cement seam, hoping someday to see the daylight on the other side of the wall. Along the way, I've acquired a good command of cliche-less narrative. My major accomplishment: Stamina." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Dated (5-19-95) and INSCRIBED by Penick to Marvin Malone on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a brief ALS and promotional flyer.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages unmarked & staplebound. Including work by Mark Senkus, Laura Joy Lustig, Michael Sean Conway, Joe R, Harvey Watson, J. J. Campbell, C.A. Bell, Gary Every, Michael Hathaway, Les Cammer, Lawrence Welsh, Gerald Locklin, Adrian Manning, Norman J. Olson, Claudio Parentela, Alice Olds-Ellingson, Michael Kriesel, Ralph Haselmann, Jr, Stepan Chapman, Shoshauna Shy, J.G. Posada, Jerry Van Aken, Bernie Bernstein, Gary Jurechka, Alan Catlin, T. Kilgore Splake, W.S. Mayo, Lila Goodman, Harlan Ristau, Trey Pool, & Philp A. Waterhouse. Small Press/Poetry; Journal; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Three 8 1/2 x 14 inch sheets, printed on both sides. Three folds, else fine in original mailing envelope.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 128 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.31 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Fan, Terry (illustrator). 220 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.56 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. 84pp. Check marks on rear wrapper and page 58, a couple of pages dog-eared, near fine. Poetry by Ann E. Michael, James P. Lenfestey, Jim Daniels, Jim Freeman, Livio Farallo, Rochelle Ratner, Jeanne Murray Walker, Julie Lechevsky, Richard Bank, April Linder, Kelley Jean White, Bruce Dethlefsen, Gina Conti, Peter Krok, Alan Catlin, Marilyn Bates, Robert L. Penick, B.Z. Niditch, Gayle Elen Harvey, Dennis Harrell, Robin Merrill, Joanne Lowery, Cathryn Cofell, Sandy Supowit, Len Roberts, Dennis Donaghy, Margaret A. Robinson, John Grey, Robin Becker, Ann A. Boger, Jenny Browne, Albert Huffstickler.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Robert L. Penick's short, masterful poems have been showing up in small press magazines since the early 1990s. The Art of Mercy, his first full-length collection, contains excerpts from four chapbooks, as well as fifty-seven new and previously uncollected poems. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Penick is a true man of the streets, chronicling with clear-eyed sensitivity the ordinary lives of marginalized people, the elderly, the forgotten, the blue-collar workplace, the seductions of alcohol, and the heartbreak of failed relationships. Written in a straightforward narrative style, with deft use of metaphor, these poems sneak up on you with understated dignity. The 100 poems collected in The Art of Mercy represent the best of a long, quiet career in the poetry trenches. In Penick's own words: "This book took forty years of staring out of windows, finding release in booze and borrowed women, and scraping away at an indistinct idea of kindness and deliverance, the way a would-be prison escapee would work on a cement seam, hoping someday to see the daylight on the other side of the wall. Along the way, I've acquired a good command of cliche-less narrative. My major accomplishment: Stamina." Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Robert L. Penick's short, masterful poems have been showing up in small press magazines since the early 1990s. The Art of Mercy, his first full-length collection, contains excerpts from four chapbooks, as well as fifty-seven new and previously uncollected poems. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Penick is a true man of the streets, chronicling with clear-eyed sensitivity the ordinary lives of marginalized people, the elderly, the forgotten, the blue-collar workplace, the seductions of alcohol, and the heartbreak of failed relationships. Written in a straightforward narrative style, with deft use of metaphor, these poems sneak up on you with understated dignity. The 100 poems collected in The Art of Mercy represent the best of a long, quiet career in the poetry trenches'.

Paperback. Condition: New.