Djuna Barnes - Lament of Women & Other Rhythms

Djuna Barnes - Lament of Women & Other RhythmsForgotten Poets #22 / forgottenpoets.substack.com'Lament of Women & 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.. . . . . . . . .-: This Much & More :-If my lover were a cometHung in air,I would braid my leaping bodyIn his hair.Yea, if they buried him ten leaguesBeneath the loam,My fingers would learn to digAnd I'd plunge home!. . . . . . . . .-: Finis :-For you? For me?Why then the striking hour,The wind among the curtains, and the treadOf some late gardener pulling at the flowerThey'll lay between our hearts when we are dead.. . . . . . . . .The Forgotten Poets Newsletter presents: new collections of out-of-print and obscure poetry, with a focus on compressed & fragmented 'free' and 'new' verse from the late-1800s & early-1900s, & the early history of English-language tanka & haiku. Verses are carefully selected & spaciously laid-out, adorned with illustrations & ornaments from the books & magazines they originally appeared in.