Pearl Andelson – Songs of Death & Other Verse: 2

Peal Andelson – Songs of Death & Other Verse Forgotten Poets #2 / forgottenpoets.substack.com ‘Songs of Death & Other Verse’ 90 pages beings together, for the first time, Chicago poet Pearl Andelson’s free and formal poetry from the 1920s, including a generous selection of verse from her first collection, Fringe (1923), and various uncollected poems from ‘little magazines’ (1921-28); with illustrations by Marguerite Zorach and Mildred Heinau. Andelson wrote for Harriet Monroe’s Poetry , and was a member of the Chicago Poetry club, alongside Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Janet Lewis, and John Tiggo. Winters would say of her work; “”Andelson has developed and mastered a compact and beautiful technique that can apparently be made as simple or intricate as she desires… with precise, flawless juxtaposition, and an exquisite mastery of end and internal rhyme.”” . . . . . . . . . . -: Mishap :- The rain arranged Crystal berries for me To wear In my hair. By inadvertence one fell Into the Infinity Of a bluebell. . . . . . . . . . -: Autumn Trees :- Like old men and women: simplified to a gesture. . . . . . . . . . . -: Seaside :- Steam refrain to rain of gravel. Long division in the mind running about with hods carried over. Impossible to find an answer true if found. . . . . . . . . . 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: 9781991310118