Miniatures, and Other Poems (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Barbara Pinson
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Mythology or myths, Twentieth century, Twenty-first century, Birds, Ice, Old age or elderly people, Light, Colors
Barbara Guest has been, from her first work, an experimental, antitraditional poet. Having spent part of her early life in Florida and California, the poet allows traces of these locations to enter her work, although her quirky, elliptical style places it outside the casual category of “nature poetry.” Guest was associated with the New York school of poetry in the 1950’s and 1960’s, a group of poets who rejected both the formal poetry that was popular in the 1950’s and the then-new interest in personal or confessional poetry. The New York school included John Ashbery (b....
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