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Vecchione, Patrice, Editor

Revenge and Forgiveness: An Anthology of Poems

143 pp. | Holt | April, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-8050-7376-0 $$16.95

(2) YA Vecchione brings together close to sixty poems on a theme that offers more latitude than one might expect. The selections are mostly contemporary, but Shakespeare and Dickinson, Herrick and Heine make salutary appearances, too. Liveliest are the maledictions, of course. Some of the selections bring hurt and forgiveness together into a single revelation. Good notes on the poems and poets appear at book's end.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2004