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All The Poems: Stevie Smith
All The Poems: Stevie Smith | Stevie Smith
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The essential edition of one of modern poetrys most distinctive voices Stevie Smith is among the most popular British poets of the twentieth century. Her poem Not Waving but Drowning has been widely anthologized, and her life was celebrated in the classic 1978 movie Stevie. This new and updated edition of Stevie Smiths collected poems includes hundreds of works from her thirty-five-year career. The Smith scholar Will May collects poems and illustrations from published volumes, provides fascinating details about their provenance, and describes the various versions Smith presented. Satirical, mischievous, teasing, disarming, Smiths poems take readers from comedy to tragedy and back again, while her line drawings are by turns unsettling and beguiling.
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The_Penniless_Author
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I confess that there isn't much poetry I can truly say I've enjoyed reading. Whether I just haven't been exposed to enough poetry in my life, or because it's so much more difficult to write a decent poem than prose, most poetry I've read has left me cold. Stevie Smith is a rare exception. There's a mixture of doom and irreverence, crushing depression and childlike whimsy present in her work that I find absolutely intoxicating.

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TrishB
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#goodbye #poetrymatters
Not a poet I‘m very familiar with.

MommyWantsToReadHerBook I think it's the same poet who wrote Not waving but drowning - haven't thought abour that poem in years! 6y
Fridayfilms Not waving but drowning was in my blog/FB profile for ages. I‘ve not read any other poems by her. Maybe I should get on that... 6y
LazyDays Wow👏 6y
merelybookish She kind of fascinates me, although I haven't read much by her. I do have a funny little book she of did of drawings and sayings. It's quite droll. 6y
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GirlChandler
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My poetry collection is taking over. I need a bigger shelf for all these books!

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ElaineThyme
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I am surprised by Stevie Smith. In a good way.

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Liberty
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Perfect day, perfect view. 💕

Cinfhen Perfect day indeed😍 8y
Cobscook The weather is absolutely delightful today! 😀 8y
Hobbinol Lovin' your kitsy on Litsy! 8y
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Kluckleesie We woke up to rain. Again. Perfect weather for canning and reading but my garden is so over the wet weather. 8y
PennyPistol Absolutely purrfect! 😊 8y
LauraBrook 😻😻 Millay looks happy to be in that window! 8y
bookquotes221 Kitty kitty! 8y
BookBabe 😻❤️ 8y
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Liberty
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Finally got my hands on this! It's HUGE. I only love a handful of poets, and she's one of them. Her poems are like if Ogden Nash and Edna St. Vincent Millay had a baby.

[DELETED] 3323341091 have you seen the biographical pic about her titled Stevie? it is interesting. 8y
rubyslippersreads Love the cover! 8y
Liberty @fern OH! I had no idea! Thanks. 😊 8y
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Readaholics Ohhh I just saw this at the library! 8y
Caryl That is a great description of her! 8y
rebuketodali @Liberty This is crazy, because I just ordered this and am expecting it any day. 8y
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