Mercy

By Judith H Montgomery

Poetry. In MERCY Judith Montgomery chronicles the story of caring for her a husband as he endures cancer treatment. Though brutal in its technology, the medical world Montgomery describes is merciful in its human form, peopled by chemotherapy nurses whose expertise is matched by mercy, as they "lift the plumped / sac, poisons mixed to pour fire into flesh." Anyone who has had even the least brush with cancer will find here an honest and hopeful world, where suffering is lightened by the sight of butterflies, "mutable flames that glide as we-- / refugees from the cancer center, / and stunned by treatment-- / ... glide in luxurious / light, afloat in paradise."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981802931
• ISBN13: 9780981802930
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Wolf Ridge Press
• Length: 47 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 7.8"