Another Ghost in the Doorway: Collected Poems

Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Moyer Bell Ltd, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. New/New. Brand New Book, Still Sealed In Publisher's Shrink Wrap. Note From Author In Sealed Envelope Taped On Outside. From Library Journal Pease Has Been Writing And Publishing Poetry For Close To 30 Years. Her Distinctive Talent Has Perhaps Manifested Itself In A Style Too Quiet For Controversy Or Wide Acclaim, Yet Her Short Lyrics And Haiku Are Valuable And Thought-Provoking. Her Taut, Brief Lines Isolate And Highlight Words, As In "Thus": "Thus/ Life Passes/ As In A Dream Of Fitful Sleep.../ Notice/ I Say Dream, Not Nightmare./ Nightmare Is The Right/ Word/ But It Should Be Used/ Sparingly." Over The Years Represented By This Collection Of Her Verse, She Has Gained In Clarity And Simplicity: She Combines Certain Aspects Of The Great Stevie Smith With The Willed Na?Vet? Of Edward Field, Never Doubting The Possibilities Of Poetry: "It May Not Be True/ But Now It Seems/ That As Long/ As I Can Sound/ My Life Like A Dove/ I Can Live Anywhere." For Most Collections Of Contemporary Verse.Agraham Christian, Andover-Harvard Theological Lib., Cambridge, Ma Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Brand New Book, Still Sealed In Publisher's Shrink Wrap. Note From Author In Sealed Envelope Taped On Outside.