Title:
Revenge and forgiveness : an anthology of poems
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Patrice Vecchione.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Henry Holt, 2004.
Physical Description:
148 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780805073768
Abstract:
A collection of nearly sixty poems dealing with revenge and forgiveness, plus suggested readings about each contributing poet. Revenge and forgiveness are two of the most prominent elements in the history of human interaction. With each generation, one or the other may seem to increase or diminish in importance, but across continents and centuries, the fierceness with which people long for both remains undiminished. Acclaimed anthologist and teacher Patrice Vecchione has put together an immensely powerful group of poems, gathered from different eras and cultures, all of which address the timeless and uniquely human desires for revenge and for forgiveness. "When you seek revenge, dig two graves."--Anonymous. A poetry anthology for teens on a perennially important topic. Acclaimed anthologist and teacher Patrice Vecchione has put together an immensely powerful group of poems, all of which address the timeless and uniquely human desires for revenge and for forgiveness. "The events of September 11th inspired this book. I wanted to create a tangible forum, a book to hold in our hands, to help frame and think not just about terrorism but about who we are as individuals and who we are as a country. It's been gestating in me for all this time. Finding these poems was like turning little lights on to illumine the dark. How can beauty be made out of ugliness and fear? Can it rise from ash?"-Patrice Vecchione.
Reading Level:
NP Lexile
NP L Lexile
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Added Author:
Contents:
"My heart, you might pierce it and take it" : song / from a Quechuan myth -- Only cherries? / Kenneth Patchen -- Dogs / Kat Meads -- Enemies / Wendell Berry -- Say you love me / Molly Peacock -- Sugarmother's daughter dreams / Patrice Vecchione -- First memory / Louise Gluck -- Revenge fable / Ted Hughes -- Grief / Gaius Valerius Catullus -- Mine enemy is growing old / Emily Dickinson -- Revenge / Robert Herrick -- A curse on a thief / X.J. Kennedy -- "I will write songs against you" / Charles Reznikoff -- A curse on mine-owners -- Sonnet XC / William Shakespeare -- "Envenomed are my songs" / Heinrich Heine -- Revenge / Charles Henry Webb -- Bitter fruit of the tree / Sterling A. Brown -- Hygiene / Toni Mirosevich -- Envy / Edmund Spenser -- A ritual to read to each other / William Stafford -- Catch / George Bilgere -- Sea of faith / John Brehm -- To a bad heart / Tim Reynolds -- Blink / Cecilia Woloch -- Stronger lessons / Walt Whitman -- A pact / Ezra Pound -- Poem / Muriel Rukeyser -- To a terrorist / Stephen Dunn -- The minefield / Diane Thiel -- What they wanted / Victor H. Bausch -- Becoming Milton / Coleman Barks -- Hero / Semezdin Mehmedinovic -- From Henry V, act IV, scene 1 / William Shakespeare -- No sorry / Catherine Bowman -- Another vigil at San Quentin / Alison Luterman -- Prayer / Francisco X. Alarcón -- Why people murder / Ellen Bass -- Kissie Lee / Margaret Walker -- Poison / William Heyen -- Electrocuting an elephant / George Bradley -- Malediction / Barry Spacks -- The appartition / John Donne -- Note from a loving wife / Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie -- "I had never seen her so angry" / Gary Young -- Wheels / Sarah Rabkin -- Any lover to any beloved / Faiz Ahmed Faiz -- You called me corazón / Sandra Cisneros -- Quatrain : forgive me not / Lilla Cabot Perry -- Jerusalem / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Forgiveness / Morton Marcus -- The Jewish time bomb / Yehuda Amichai -- Mending wall / Robert Frost -- Sonnet XXXV / William Shakespeare -- Love after love / Derek Walcott -- Let there be new flowering / Lucille Clifton.