''Selected Poems'' is a collection of poems by American writer
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 – August 14, 1961) was an American writer and artist. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Algernon Charles Swinburne ...
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Arkham House in an edition of 2,118 copies. The collection also includes several translations of French and Spanish poems. Christophe des Laurieres and Clérigo Herrero, however, are not real people, and the poems are actually compositions of Smith's.
Contents
''Selected Poems'' contains the following:
* "Clark Ashton Smith: Emperor of Shadows", by Benjamin DeCasseres
* The Star Treader
* Additional Poems
* Ebony and Crystal
* Sandalwood
* Translations and Paraphrases
* Incantations
* Quintrains
* Sestets
* Experiments in Haiku
* Satires and Travesties
* The Jasmine Girdle
* The Hill of Dionysus
See also
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Clark Ashton Smith bibliography
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1971 poetry books
American poetry collections
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