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Love and Scorn: New and Selected Poems

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There isn't much I can say about these poems in the way of explantion--that is, not without taking away any of the lingering resonance that they exude upon the reader. I will tell you that this is truly great, original poetry, written in lines that, though they are often quite free free verse, rank very highly on the memorability scale. Carol Frost, I assure you, will someday be considered a great and important poet, a poet of nature, bodies, myths--and with this book of new & selected poems, she is well on her way. Reading her work is a sometimes humbling experience, though it will leave you grateful.

Let me leave you with a half dozen or so of my favorite pieces: "Waking," "Flicker," "Sin," "Pure," "Scorn," "Apple Rind," "To Kill a Deer."

Carol Frost's poetry really speaks to me. It is full of mystery--the mysteries of love, beauty, death, surprise, cruelty, art--yet at the same time is dazzlingly direct. Each of her best poems, and there are many, leaves an indelible scar. If you love poetry you can't afford to ignore this book!

"LOVE AND SCORN is highly original work. The poems are hard-felt and new, with surprises around every corner. Carol Frost is a realist, a realist of excitements and exaltations. She is one of the three or four best of her generation." --Donald Justice