WEDDING NIGHT OF A NUN

by Lynne Lawner ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 4, 1963

These poems make a pleasant appearance on the page and their rhyme scheme and rhythms often have the restless but controlled flow of good poetry. The themes, however, are often adolescent and the images uninspired or unfortunate. The many love poems are full of flat physical terms or personal sexual references, not quite translated into the universals of poetry. These are the kinds of poems most good poets-in-the-making (which Miss Lawner may be) generally write and discard. At this stage they need work and a maturity of emotional approach; they are too often embarrassing in their raw intimacy and some simply bad lines.

Pub Date: Feb. 4, 1963

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown-A.M.P.

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1963

Categories: NONFICTION