A Sunday in purgatory
By: Henry Morgenthau III
Contributors: Keplinger, David, 1968- writer of afterword
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Passager Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
ISBN-13: 9780996972642
Subjects: Old age; Poetry; Families; Death; Love poetry
Description: The poems in A SUNDAY IN PURGATORY combine memoir, reflections on aging, sexuality, and wrestling with the tension that exists between being part of a famous American family and wanting to be an individual, separate from family history. Morgenthau writes, "In these precious days I dress my private demons in scribblings to come out from behind the shadows that have darkened my long and privileged life--in a purgatory where I wait to pass through the open gates."
Notes: Poems.
Table of contents: title: Author's note --; title: You'll catch your death --; title: Ladyfingers --; title: Living effigy --; title: A marvelous party --; title: Net worthiness --; title: Help! --; title: A terrific headache --; title: Eventide --; title: Behind the shadow --; title: For shame --; title: Forgive me --; title: The half open door --; title: The unbuttoned shirt --; title: Hello everybody, hello, hello --; title: Before the closing bell --; title: Burnt toast --; title: Crêpe de Chine --; title: Ode --; title: Danse macabre --; title: Late --; title: Legacy --; title: Foggy Bottom night --; title: No future, no past --; title: Wow --; title: Scraps of yesterdays --; title: Sentenced for life --; title: Serious crimes --; title: Ship of fools --; title: the last act --; title: Yes, Virginia, there is a God --; title: The man with the double breasted suit --; title: Echoes --; title: Unsightly image --; title: Upended --; title: Virtual --; title: Our crowd --; title: A Sunday in purgatory --; title: Envoi -- -- Afterword.; title: Topographies of soul: the poetry of Henry Morgenthau III -- by David Keplinger.