I am pleased that Editors Katie Lynn Johnston and Darcy Dillon accepted my poem, "Mercy," for the October first edition of Mulberry Literary. I wrote the poem, which compares the speaker's initial limited notion of mercy to the situation of a hermit crab grown too big for its house, in response to a Unitarian Universalist service about mercy. As I recall, we were supposed to do something other than write a poem, but I've never been great at following directions, especially if I can get some written work out of going my own way, and Unitarians Universalists never mind mild rule-breaking anyway.
My mother's death, my constant, stressful hostility toward the quislings in my country, and my experiences with a few other individuals have all recently led me to try to overcome my defensive response to the toxic actions by others. Although I don't believe it is possible to move on together with people who do not take responsibility for the harm they inflict, I have worked at transforming my partially suppressed rage to understanding, an openness to sympathy, and a greater sense of responsibility for my own toxic behavior.
So that's what this poem is about. Again, thanks to the Mulberry Literary editors. I'm looking forward to the poem's appearance and to reading some of the material already up on the site.
And now, a Review:
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