These I would keep
Subtitle: selected poems
By: by the poet laureates of Alabama ; edited by Helen Blackshear ; foreword by Don Siegelman.
Contributors: Blackshear, Helen Friedman.
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Montgomery, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: American poetry -- Alabama; Poets laureate -- Alabama; Alabama -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry.
Description: This little volume, collected and edited by beloved author Helen Blackshear, features the work of nine writers who have served as poet laureates of the state of Alabama, including that of Blackshear herself and of acclaimed writer and present poet laureate Helen Norris. It also features a foreword by Governor Don Siegelman. "Poetry speaks in many tongues," writes Carl Morton in one poem included in the volume. These I Would Keep generously captures them all.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.