Unending Blues by Charles Simic

Unending Blues by Charles Simic. 1986 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich first paperback printing, 58 pages. Simic was a Serbian American poet and co-editor of poetry for the Paris Review. He won the Pulitzer, MacArthur Genius Grant, and more. According to Poetry Foundation: "Simic’s work defies easy categorization. Some poems reflect a surreal, metaphysical bent and others offer grimly realistic portraits of violence and despair." Unending Blues was a finalist for the Pulitzer. Condition: VG, some wear to head of spine "A cat and a mouse were lapping milk From the same saucer For the benefit of the lunch-hour crowd."