A Formal Feeling Comes: Poems in Form by Contemporary Women
IfEmily  Dickinsonwasn't the mother of American poetry, she  was at least the favorite eccentric aunt. The long-standing poetic rebellion against  formalism, especially as it has helped feminist writers to find a free and authentic voice,   has had the unfortunate byproduct of separating many women writers from the  Dickinsonian tradition of carefully crafted verse. The discipline of poetic form can lead to  a freshness of vision, and many women writers are either rediscovering, or have never  forgotten, the benefits of scansion, meter, and fixed-form poetry. In this collection you'll  find stunning formal poetry, whichRita Dovecalls "a  talisman against disintegration." Annie Finch has included work from Jane Kenyon,  May Sarton, and Molly Peacock, among others.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.