The Unrequited: Poems

by Carrie St. George Comer

"Comer’s rhythms authenticate what she asserts. Page after page, the recognizably real and the imaginative flirt with and complement one another. . . ."—From the Foreword by Stephen Dunn In The Unrequited Comer takes up and invigorates the line of American poetry called the "lyric surreal." The late poet James Wright was master of this mode, and Comer has a peculiarly American combination of humor and wild invention. Carrie St. George Comer received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts, where she was awarded the Academy of American Poets prize and taught at Phillips Academy in Andover. She currently lives in Miami, Florida.

Genres: Poetry

104 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

Reviews

[hh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reread 23 oct 2014. Yes.

gift from dara wier. the title sells this book short: this slim collection of poems is surprising and engaging, packed with inventive ways of looking at language and the world, the self and humanity.

[Jennifer Chapis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my all time favorite books of poetry. I connect strongly with it on just about every level.