Lewis C Mainzer: 2 books

This collection, written since Two Wives Ago: Selected Poems, includes poems on Isaac and strong-willed Abraham, King Lear and his troublesome daughters, the mysteries of choir practice, the historical prominence of male decapitation, a boy shot by the cops, searching the lake for a missing boy, a...

These poems reflect on Cains punishment for killing Abel, mischief that Jane Austens Elizabeth still causes, three swimmers striving to cross Puffers Pond, Albert Einsteins barbershop visit, a murder-suicide and a botched execution, father and sons picking wild blueberries, a snowman built by neighbor...