Poems in Prose
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Poems in Prose is an illustrated collection of prose poems
by Clark Ashton Smith
. It was released in 1965
and was published by Arkham House
in an edition of 1,016 copies. The book is a nearly complete collection of Smith's prose poetry.
Prose poetry
Prose poetry is poetry written in prose instead of using verse but preserving poetic qualities such as heightened imagery and emotional effects.-Characteristics:Prose poetry can be considered either primarily poetry or prose, or a separate genre altogether...
by Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne...
. It was released in 1965
1965 in literature
The year 1965 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Lloyd Alexander - The Black Cauldron*J. G. Ballard - The Drought*Ray Bradbury - The Vintage Bradbury*John Brunner...
and was published by Arkham House
Arkham House
Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
in an edition of 1,016 copies. The book is a nearly complete collection of Smith's prose poetry.
Contents
Poems in Prose contains the following poems:- "Clark Ashton Smith, Poet in Prose", by Donald S. FryerDonald Sidney-FryerDonald Sidney-Fryer is a poet and entertainer born September 8, 1934, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and moved to California, where he attended university, and met Clark Ashton Smith several times...
- "The Traveller"
- "The Flower-Devil"
- Images
- "Tears"
- "The Secret Rose"
- "The Wind and the Garden"
- "Offerings"
- "A Coronal"
- The Black Lake Vignettes
- "Beyond the Mountains"
- "The Broken Lute"
- "Nostalgia of the Unknown"
- "Grey Sorrow"
- "The Hair of Circe"
- "The Eyes of Circe"
- "A Dream of Lethe"
- "The Caravan"
- "The Princess Almeena"
- "Ennui"
- "The Statue of Silence"
- "Remoteness"
- "The Memnons of the Night"
- "The Garden and the Tomb"
- "In Cocaigne"
- "The Litany of the Seven Kisses"
- "From a Letter"
- "From the Crypts of Memory"
- "A Phantasy"
- "The Demon, the Angel, and the Beauty"
- "The Shadows"
- "The Crystals"
- "Chinoiserie"
- "The Mirror in the Hall of Ebony"
- "The Muse of Hyperborea"
- "The Lotus and the Moon"
- "The Passing of Aphrodite"
- "To the Daemon"
- "The Forbidden Forest"
- "The Mithridate"
- "Narcissus"
- "The Peril That Lurks Among the Ruins"
- "The Abomination of Desolation"
- "The Touchstone"
- "The Image of Bronze and the Image of Iron"
- "The Corpse and the Skeleton"
- "The Sun and the Sepulchre"
- "SadastorSadastor"Sadastor" is a short story by the weird fiction author Clark Ashton Smith, first published in 1930 by Weird Tales.-Plot summary:An example of a narrative within a narrative, the frame story begins in Egypt when the "sphinx was young," with an lamia sitting upon a ridge near the Nile River, who,...
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