Light in Hand
Daniel Tobin, editor
Quale Press
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9780979299919, $15.00 www.quale.com
Simply a compilation of the best early poems by poet, editor, and
crusader of social justice in the early twentieth century Lola Ridge,
"Light in Hand: Selected Early Poems of Lola Ridge" takes a
selected few from her first three volumes of poetry: "The Ghetto
and other Poems" "Sun-Up and Other Poems" and "Red
Flag". Rich poems with a blend of political sensibility and deep
spiritual belief make this a great read from start to finish. Highly
recommended for poetry lovers and a great starter to community libraries
in need of material by this grand author. The Fiddler: In a little
Hungarian cafe/Men and women are drinking/Yellow wine in tall
goblets//Through the milky haze of smoke/The fiddler, under-sized,
blond/Leans to his violin/As to the breast of a woman/Red hair kindles
to fire/On the black of his coat-sleeve/Where his white thin
hand/Trembles and dives/Like a sliver of moonlight/When wind has broken
the water.
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