Helene Mullins – Songs To Pass Away The Evening

Helene Mullins – Songs To Pass Away The Evening Forgotten Poets #20 / forgottenpoets.substack.com ‘Songs to Pass Away the Evening’ 86 pages brings together a generous selection of New York poet Helene Mullins uncollected poems from the 1920s, published in ‘little’ magazines such as All’s Well , The Quill , The Wave (et al.). With cover art, and a selection of woodcuts by Leo J. Meissner. Mullins’ work has long been forgotten, but occupies a special place in the histories of ‘new verse’ and ‘free verse’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -: The Importance of Being :- I am but a fragment Of the universe Yet I am not so insignificant, For without me There would be a tiny crevice In the great bowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -: Invitation :- My love is rippling out, Little liquid streams Over the edge of the fountain, But hardly anyone ever passes this way . . . My love is rippling out . . . Come a little nearer, if you are thirsty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -: Mother :- Soft hair faintly white where the angels touch it; Pale candles flaming in her eyes Hallowing her vision of Christ; And yet I know She would break each Commandment Against her heart, And bury them pointed and jagged in her soul— That I may smile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Forgotten Poets Newsletter presents: new collections of out-of-print and obscure poetry, with a focus on compressed & fragmented ‘free’ and ‘new’ verse from the late-1800s & early-1900s, & the early history of English-language tanka & haiku. Verses are carefully selected & spaciously laid-out, adorned with illustrations & ornaments from the books & magazines they originally appeared in. These are not “”reprints”” of previously published books, but newly crafted collections, for the serious poetry lover. —- ISBN: 9781991310002