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May Swenson Poetry Award Volume 8, with foreward by J. D. McClatchy. In his Foreword, McClatchy speaks of the musical qualities of Lindsay's work: "It is impossible, reading her poems, not to hear a musical hand at work. This is not just a matter of delicacy or virtuosity. It is also a matter of knowing how to phrase a line... Lindsay moves from detail to trope with utter poise, with an intuitive sense of what to sustain or emphasize. Her language is crisp. I can pick a stanza at random... and praise its plosive energy, its modulated vowels, its variety and elan... Where She Always Was allows us . . . the rare gratification of watching a poet-wonderfully accomplished, quietly persuasive-look back on a lifetime's worth of emotions and calculate their bearing on the present. In her craft is the truth."
Publisher
Utah State University Press
ISBN
978-0-87421-498-7
Publication Date
2004
Keywords
poetry
Disciplines
Creative Writing
Recommended Citation
Lindsay, Frannie, "Where She Always Was" (2004). Swenson Poetry Award Winners. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/swenson_awards/11
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