These I Would Keep: Selected Poems by the Poet Laureates of Alabama

This little volume, collected and edited by beloved author Helen Blackshear, features the work of nine writers who have served as poet laureates of the state, including that of Blackshear herself and of acclaimed writer and present poet laureate Helen Norris. This collection also preserves in one place the poems of the rest of the laureates, some of our state's finest and dearest poets: Dr. Samuel Minturn Peck, Bert Henderson, Mary B. Ward, Carl P. Morton, Ralph Hammond, Morton D. Prouty Jr., and William Young Elliott. "Poetry speaks in many tongues," writes Carl Morton in one poem included in this volume. These I Would Keep generously captures them all.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588380009
• ISBN13: 9781588380005
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

These I Would Keep is truly a treasure

This little book is a wonderful volume, filled with selections from the work of the nine poet laureates of the state of Alabama. Southerners will find something of themselves within these pages, and those outside the South will find value here as well: wisdom, works to provoke thought, and those that will bring a smile. Helen Blackshear, the eighth poet laureate, has done a wonderful job in the selections that went into These I Would Keep. I highly recommend this book.