Spells: New and Selected Poems

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​ Spells Wesleyan​Poetry also​by​annie​Finch Poetry The Encyclopedia of Scotland Eve Calendars Among the Goddesses Prose The Ghost of Meter: Culture and Prosody in American Free Verse The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self A Poet’s Craft: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Sharing Your Poetry A Poet’s Ear: A Handbook of Meter and Form Translation The Complete Poetry of Louise Labé Edited​Volumes A Formal Feeling Comes: Poems in Form by Contemporary Women After New Formalism: Poets on Form, Narrative, and Tradition An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art ​ (with​Katherine​Varnes) Carolyn Kizer: Perspectives on Her Life and Work ​ (with​Johanna​Keller​and​Candace​McClelland) Lofty Dogmas: Poets on Poetics ​ (with​Deborah​Brown​and​Maxine​Kumin) Multiformalisms: Postmodern Poetics of Form ​ (with​Susan​M.​Schultz) Villanelles ​ (with​Marie-Elizabeth​Mali) new & selected poems a n n i e f i n c h wesleyan university press Middletown, Connecticut Spells Wesleyan​University​Press Middletown​CT​06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress©​2013​Annie​Finch All​rights​reserved Manufactured​in​the​United​States​of​America Typeset​in​Galliard​by​Tseng​Information​Systems,​Inc. Wesleyan​University​Press​is​a​member​of​the​​ Green​Press​Initiative.​The​paper​used​in​this​book​​ meets​their​minimum​requirement​for​recycled​paper. This​project​is​supported​in​part​by​a​grant​from​the​ National​Endowment​for​the​Arts. Library​of​Congress​Cataloging-in-Publication​Data Finch,​Annie,​1956– [Poems.​Selections] Spells:​new​and​selected​poems​/​​ Annie​Finch.—First​edition. pages​cm.—(Wesleyan​Poetry​Series) isbn​978-0-8195-7269-1​(cloth:​alk.​paper)— isbn​978-0-8195-7363-6​(ebook) I.​Title. Ps3556.i448s64 2013 811′.54—dc23 2012044385 5 4 3 2 1 ...