Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Poetic Obituaries: "Forsythia," her most popular work,

is the clearest example of her [Mary Ellen Solt's] concrete verses. The title appears at the bottom of the page. Each letter has a different word "growing" out of it to form a "branch" of the plant.

The poem speeds along on free association: "forsythia out race springs yellow telegram hope insists action."

from Los Angeles Times: Mary Ellen Solt, 86; poet, poetry critic

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