A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE POET 'AMY LOWELL'!A POWERFUL VOICE!
February 10th 2012 03:34
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AMY LOWELL : THE FEMALE VOICE FOR LGBT!
AMY LOWELL: THE EARLY IMAGIST IN AMERICAN POETRY WAS BORN ON 9TH OF FEBRUARY!
SHE PENNED LOTS OF POEMS MOSTLY SYMBOLIC N SELF-ENDURED IN NATURE.
IT IS SAID THAT AMY WROTE POEMS.SHE DIED(1925).AND,AMERICA FORGOT AMY.
BUT,WITH THE RISE OF 'GENDER-STUDIES' IN USA,THE FOCUS SHIFTED AND FOUND THAT AMY LOWELL WAS AN EARLY TOWERING FIGURE FOR LESBIANISM. .THE NEW FOUND INTEREST IN RE-READING N RE-ASSESSING AMY'S POETIC PANORAMA PROVED A GOLDMINE FOR POETRY LOVERS AROUND THE WORLD!
AMY'S OVERT LANGUAGE N RICH SEXUAL IMAGERY FOR HER MUSE N PAL,RUSSELL ADA, ARE A GIFT FOR POETRY OF THE WORLD.THESE LOVE POEMS OF AMY CAN CHALLENGE ANY POET OF ANY LANGUAGE!
AMY WAS UNDOUBTEDLY THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT POETESS AFTER EMILY DICKENSON IN D ANNALS OF AMERICAN-POETRY!
ALONG WITH ELIZABETH BISHOP,ANN SEXTON, AMY LOWELL IS A CROWN-TRINITY FOR WORLD LITERATURE!
THE OEUVER OF AMY LOWELL IS QUITE RICH AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN POETRY IS SIZEABLE!AMY LOWELL WAS A GREAT EXPONENT OF IMAGISM !HER POETRY COLLECTIONS NAMED 'A DOME OF MANY COLORED GLASS' AND 'SWORD BLADES AND POPPY SEED' ARE FAMOUS POETRY BOOKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC!
AMY LOWELL WROTE HER FIRST POEM WHEN SHE HAD SEEN A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE BY A STAGE ACTRESS!AMY'S SEXUAL-ORIENTATION BECAME A PRIME FOCUS WHEN SHE WAS REDISCOVED AROUND A DECADE AFTER HER DEMISE!
THE ELEMENT OF CELEBRATION OF FEMALE LOVE HAD GIVEN A NEW DIRECTION FOR EXPLORING THE GENDER-SPECIFIC STUDIES IN LITERATURE!
AMY STILL EXERTS A POWERFUL VOICE TO BE RECKONED WITH!
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY ,AMY LOWELL!
WITH SILENCE AND
GRATITUDE PROFOUND
WE REMEMBER N REVER
AMY LOWELL ON HER BIRTHDAY!
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