Selected Poems of May Sarton
by May Sarton
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Pub Date Dec 23 2014 | Archive Date Feb 23 2015
Open Road Integrated Media | Open Road Media
Description
In her prolific six-decade career, May Sarton was as at home crafting a novel as she was writing a memoir. However, it was in poetry that Sarton’s feelings were laid bare. She was a writer of immense creativity and strength, and created a back catalog of poetry that could rival those of any of her contemporaries.
In Selected Poems of May Sarton, a collection from her first forty years of writing, many of the author’s classic themes are on display: There are her meditations on solitude, featuring the breathtaking “Gestalt at Sixty”; there is her beautifully written tribute to literature in “My Sisters, O My Sisters”; and there is a rumination on affairs of the heart in an excerpt from the sonnet collection “A Divorce of Lovers.”
Sarton was a true literary force, with the ability to speak to readers of all genders, persuasions, and ages, and Selected Poems of May Sarton demonstrates that power perfectly.
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Advance Praise
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781497689503 |
| PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |
Average rating from 13 members
Featured Reviews
Susan D, Reviewer
This is a return to reading Sarton's poetry not very long after having completed her collected poems. The difference here is in organization and selection. The poems are organized into seven sections. The first, "The Composed Imagination", presents many of the authors poems on art, music and related topics. The second, "Love", deals in the general and the particular aspects of that huge topic. The third topic is one truly dear to Sarton's heart and life, one she dealt with in her journals, "Solitude". Here we see her struggles but also the birth of her work. The fourth subject is "Nature". It does not only deal with the beauty of her garden but with the issues of change.
The sixth section is Sarton in the world. "In a Dirty Time" gives some commentary on the history of the years she lived, the sad well-known murders of 1968 as well as less well known events of American history. In "Invocations and Mythologies", the poetry moves into India and Greece and beyond, myths and legends of the past and present. Her wide travel and experience shows throughout. The brief final section, "The Action of Therapy", seems a brief coda of her life.
There is so much to enjoy here and I think I will return to this book and approach it a section at a time. Looking perhaps to this organization to assist me with those poems I find the most difficult. And simply reveling in those I love.
Definitely recommended.
A copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley in return for an honest review.
Cozy Book R, Reviewer
May Sarton does not disappoint and this is a good cross section of her poetry for her fans.
Kris K, Reviewer
4 STARS
"In Selected Poems of May Sarton, a collection from her first forty years of writing, many of the author’s classic themes are on display: There are her meditations on solitude, featuring the breathtaking “Gestalt at Sixty”; there is her beautifully written tribute to literature in “My Sisters, O My Sisters”; and there is a rumination on affairs of the heart in an excerpt from the sonnet collection “A Divorce of Lovers.”(From Amazon)
I enjoyed this collection of poetry - very well-written and easy to get into. I liked that these poems are remind me of very short stories.
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