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Sword Blades and Poppy Seed

Sword Blades and Poppy Seed

Lowell, Amy
Editions, Mint

Paperback

Series: Mint Editions (Reading with Pride)

General PoetryGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $8.99

ISBN10: 1513295861
ISBN13: 9781513295862
Publisher: Mint Ed
Published: Aug 3 2021
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1914) is a poetry collection by Amy Lowell. Published at the beginning of her career as an influential imagist devoted to classical poetic themes and forms, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed is an agile and promising work from a pioneering poet of the early twentieth century. The title poem of Lowell's collection is an imaginative voyage into the mind of a poet struggling with writer's block, who scans the city for the slightest tinge of gold to no avail: From time to time I wrote a word / Which lines and circles overscored. / My table seemed a graveyard, full / Of coffins waiting burial. Disgusted with her inability to write anything meaningful, she takes the streets, encountering a strange old man-part poppy dealer, part devil-who offers success in exchange for the poet's soul. Personal and public, keenly engaged with tradition-the Faustian legend, in particular-while maintaining her own private voice, Lowell's poems are an essential contribution to one of humanity's oldest art forms. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed is a vibrant collection from an emerging poet who would come to define the imagist movement throughout her storied career. This edition Amy Lowell's Sword Blades and Poppy Seed is a classic work of American poetry reimagined for modern readers.

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