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Who is the victim in these poems

to the breakdown of language suffered by his mother after an ultimately fatal stroke

Scorpionic honesty

because Mervyn Taylor

Works and Days by Nathaniel Rosenthalis latinamericanpoetry most powerful books of poetryNathaniel Rosenthalis Works and Days is a brilliant, lyrical, and exuberant collection of poems. Playful, tender, and often wise, these works combine self portraiture, literary homage, familial anecdotes, mythological retellings, and philosophical contemplation to create a series of moving depictions of what it is to be human and part of a world of both great suffering and great joy. With humor, intelligence, and vulnerability, the poems examine