VG in slightly rubbed publishers wrappers with small tear to lamination on front panel. 1st edition, 1st issue with Signed Presentation from Merwin ('Bill') dated 1969 on title page.The Lice was ground-breaking. Its visionary urgency directly engaged the nexus of aesthetics and morality, exerting an immediate and lasting effect on the writing and reading of poetry. Like all great art, this monumental work continues to inspire.As Merwin discussed in an interview, "The Lice was written at a time when I really felt there was no point in writing. I got to the point where I thought the future was so bleak that there was no point in writing anything at all. And so the poems kind of pushed their way upon me. I would be out growing vegetables and walking around the countryside when all of a sudden I'd find myself writing a poem, and I'd write it."When the War is OverWhen the war is overWe will be proud of course the air will beGood for breathing at lastThe water will have been improved the salmonAnd the silence of heaven will migrate more perfectlyThe dead will think the living are worth it we will knowWho we areAnd we will all enlist again.

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Title: The Lice; Poems
Publisher: Atheneum 1967
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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