Spectra - A Book of Poetic Experiments

Arthur Davison Ficke (1883-1945) was an American playwright, poet, and Japanese art expert. One of America's most famous sonnet writers, he was widely regarded as a "e;poet's poet"e; and influenced many other poets of his time. First published in 1916, he co-wrote "e;Spectra"e; under the pseudonym Anne Knish. Originally written as a farce of a type of then-famous experimental verse, the assortment of odd poetry surprisingly garnered a great deal of attention and ultimately overshadowed Ficke's traditional prose writing. Contents include: "e;Opus 1 - Drums"e;, "e;Opus 2 - Hope"e;, "e;Opus 6 - If I Were Only Dafter"e;, "e;Opus 7 - A Bunch of Grapes"e;, "e;Opus 9 - Frogs' Legs on a Plate"e;, "e;Opus 13 - O Peacock-Feather"e;, "e;Opus 14 - I Had to Put Out my Leaves"e;, "e;Opus 15 - Despair Comes"e;, "e;Opus 16 - The Guillotine"e;, etc. Other notable works by this author include: "e;From the Isles: A Series of Songs out of Greece"e; (1907), "e;The Happy Princess, and Other Poems"e; (1907), and "e;Mrs. Morton of Mexico"e; (1939). Ragged Hand - Read & Co is republishing this collection of classic poetry now in a new edition complete with the essay "e;Metrical Regularity"e; by H. P. Lovecraft.