Emerald Ice: Selected Poems, 1962-1987

by Diane Wakoski

Book Overview

In 1988, at the age of fifty, Diana Wakoski selected the poems in Emerald Ice/b> from her first sixteen books of poetry. Here are all the lyrics, series, and narratives that established Wakoski as a mythologizer of sex and self, a fierce free-verse imagist, and "one of the most important and controversial poets in the United States today" "(Contemporary Poets).
About these poems, Wakoski writes: "My themes are loss, justice,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876857446
• ISBN13: 9780876857441
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Feminist Poet's Bible

Wakoski's beautiful & brutal language weaves itself into a poetric lyric that is unmatched in women's poetry today. She attacks every subject & issue with intensity and strips flesh from bone. This collection is a MUST HAVE.

Beautiful, Honest Words

Diane Wakoski is one of those poets that grabs you with her honesty and her crystalline lyrics. Although her poems are usually fiercely personal, Wakoski's strength lies in her ability not only to translate her grief, but to allow the reader to find something of themselves in it. She is a wonderful writer, whom I can recommend without reservation. My favorite piece from Emerald Ice- I Have Had To Learn To Live With My Face.