Great Poems by American Women: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry)

I have loved beautiful poetry for most of my life. Even though I have read numerous poems written by Asian women over the years I only read a few poems from American women poets. When I saw this 234 page soft cover book (Great Poems by American Women: An anthology edited by Susan L. Rattiner) on Amazon for a bargain price I decided to purchase it.This wonderful volume has poems from a large group of excellent women poets. Some of the best female poets are included in this collection. There are poems from Anne Bradstreet, Ann Eliza Bleeker, Phillis Wheatley, Susanna Haswell Rowson, Lydia Huntley Sigourney, Sarah Helen Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stove, Julia Ward Howe, Fanny Cosby, Frances E. W. Harper, Emily Dickinson (one of my favorite American poets), Margaret E. Sangster, Katharine Lee Bates, Harriet Monroe, Gwendolyn Brooks, and many other excellent women poets.If you love poetry you should check out this fantastic collection of poems from American women.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Martial Art and Warrior Haiku and Senryu)

I read this poetry with pure pleasure.

It doesn't contain any modern poets like Maya Angelo, Alice Walker or Sylvia Plath but it does have a lot of nice female poets you might overlooked. Overall I enjoyed the poetry, I think I liked the ones by Dickenson and St Vincent Millent (Sorry I know I got her name wrong.) Anyway It also had some great poems by some women I had never read or heard of before, Which is often the problem with women in the field they are either not taken seriously or over looked. Most of these poems should not be over looked. This isn't some feminist stance, I am just saying here are some really good poems who happen to be done by women and well give them a chance. Women have a different kind of voice they speak from sometimes, other times they are just like there male counterparts in there voice they raise up. Overall it's a good collection for 99 cents. I just wish it had included more modern works like Angelo, Walker or Plath just for example.

Likely to not be classics.

Beautiful poetry.

If you like poetry there is no way you could not like it except for that fact that it does not include enough of the well known & loved female poets such as Edna St Vincent Millay

This book spans more than three centuries of women’s verse and includes more than 200 poems from 74 poets. The book is organized by the birthdates of the poets and does not contain any living women poets. It is a wonderful collection of favorite poems that also includes brief bios...a treasure trove of words and wisdom.

There are many interesting and beautiful poems in the book, the majority of which I did not know - I felt inspired to look for more work by some of the poets. But it is not a diverse collection. I have a hard time imagining that there are only five African American women poets worth publishing in the whole time the book covers, 1600 to 2000, heavy on the 18th and 19th centuries.. And there appear to be no Hispanic, Native American or other women from diverse backgrounds worth a spott. i hope that someone publishes a collection of poetry by a more diverse group of American women poets.

I'll be honest i have had much better. Bought for my English degree and there is a lot of poems I skip!a couple of Dickinson, Plath.. the usual. Although I have most of these anyway, however quick delivery and cheap!

It's a wonderful book.