{"product_id":"djuna-barnes-lament-of-women-other-rhythms-9781991310170","title":"Djuna Barnes - Lament of Women \u0026 Other Rhythms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDjuna Barnes - Lament of Women \u0026amp; Other Rhythms\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForgotten Poets #22 \/ forgottenpoets.substack.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lament of Women \u0026amp; Other Rhythms' brings together a collection of New York poet Djuna Barnes' poems and drawings, including the complete 'Book of Repulsive Women' (1915), alongside a generous selection of her verse originally published in underground poetry and arts magazines (1911-23), and her second full-length collection, 'A Book' (1923); with the short-story 'Finale' (1918); and 20 newly restored illustrations and portraits by Barnes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . . . . . . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-: This Much \u0026amp; More: -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf my lover were a comet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung in air, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would braid my leaping body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his hair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYea, if they buried him ten leagues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the loam, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy fingers would learn to dig\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I'd plunge home!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . . . . . . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-: Finis: -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor you? For me?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy then the striking hour, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wind among the curtains, and the tread\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf some late gardener pulling at the flower\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey'll lay between our hearts when we are dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . . . . . . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Forgotten Poets Newsletter presents: new collections of out-of-print and obscure poetry, with a focus on compressed \u0026amp; fragmented 'free' and 'new' verse from the late-1800s \u0026amp; early-1900s, \u0026amp; the early history of English-language tanka \u0026amp; haiku. Verses are carefully selected \u0026amp; spaciously laid-out, adorned with illustrations \u0026amp; ornaments from the books \u0026amp; magazines they originally appeared in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Forgotten Poets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424254492946,"sku":"9781991310170","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_991adcca-8ec7-494c-856b-c83a3a5008fd.jpg?v=1751369128","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/djuna-barnes-lament-of-women-other-rhythms-9781991310170","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}