The Unicorn and Other Poems
Poetry collection by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Author | Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Pantheon Books |
Publication date | 1956 |
Publication place | United States |
Pages | 86 |
The Unicorn and Other Poems is a 1956 poetry collection by the American writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The poems span from the period 1935–1955.
Contents
- Love. The man and the child
- Alms
- The little mermaid
- Even
- Two citadels
- A leaf, a flower, and a stone
- Interior tree
- Death. A final cry
- No angels
- Elegy under the stars
- Testament
- Presence
- Mountain
- All saints' day
- Second sowing
- Captive spirit. Losing in
- Security
- Dogwood
- No harvest ripening
- The stone
- Pilgrim
- Saint for our time
- The unicorn
- Open sky. Space
- Winter tree
- Pas de deux-winter
- Ascent
- Flight of birds
- Back to the islands
- Wind of time. Presentiment
- Within the wave
- Family album
- Broken shell
- Revisitation
- Bare tre
Reception
The book sold well but was overall poorly received by critics, which made Lindbergh feel ashamed of her poems.[1] Kirkus Reviews described the book as "the poetic versions of almost the same themes as Gift from the Sea", and wrote that these themes "are caught up here in a new freshness which will have its appeal to women who experience many of these emotions in common". The critic wrote that the quality is high enough "to win Anne Lindbergh a place among outstanding women poets".[2]
References
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- North to the Orient
- Listen! The Wind
- The Steep Ascent
- Gift from the Sea
- The Unicorn and Other Poems
- Dearly Beloved
- Charles Lindbergh (husband)
- Jon Lindbergh (son)
- Anne Lindbergh (daughter)
- Reeve Lindbergh (daughter)
- Erik Lindbergh (grandson)
- Dwight Morrow (father)
- Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (mother)
- Highfields
- Lindbergh kidnapping
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