Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCabe, Kevin / Montgomery, Lucy Maud / Ferns, John, PUBLISHER: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, The poems in this ong>collectionong> by Lucy Maud Montgomery ong>weong>re written to reach the readers she thought ong>ofong> as "kindred spirits" - those thousands ong>ofong> people who then, as now, would be as deeply moved as she was by beauty in nature and in spirit. She felt herself drenched with beauty. It was an emotion that evolves heart-deep recognition in readers who will find an echo ong>ofong> their own yearnings and hungers for emotional outlet. Maud Montgomery was ong>weong>ll awong>areong> that greatness as a poet was beyond her reach, but her verses ong>weong>re capable ong>ofong> putting into words what ordinary people felt and ong>ofong>ten could not explain. They express the sense ong>ofong> aong>weong> and delight arising from the simple human experiences ong>ofong> all that is lovely in the world. "I've written one real poem out ong>ofong> my heart," she confided to a friend in a ong>weong>ek when she had sent ong>ofong>f several verses she knew to be pot-boilers. But even these held a small kernel ong>ofong> thought, ong>ofong> appreciation, ong>ofong> gratitude for the gift ong>ofong> natural beauty. The poems in this ong>collectionong> will reach as deeply into the heart ong>ofong> today's readers as they did in those who first read them half a century ago. Critics ong>areong> now finding new insights and much genuine ability in Montgomery's poetry, but the poems remain poems for people. She wrote for people who hunger for a way to give voice to their deepest ong>thoughtsong> and emotions. She wrote as an artist paints, in vivid scenes with vivid colours. Her verses ong>areong> clearly defined gem-like vignettes depicting familiar scenes beloved by all the friends ong>ofong> the earth. She writes ong>ofong> clouds and sky, the clash and thunder ong>ofong> waves on a seashore, the scents ong>ofong> garden and woodland, the kinship ong>ofong> humanity with whatever gods there be. The qualities ong>ofong> simplicity and earnestness ong>areong> not to be spurned. While ordinary people can respond to these eternal truths, Montgomery's poems will continue to be read and treasured.