Ladies From Hell

by Frank Stanford

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Frank Stanford was a prolific American poet. He is most known for his epic, The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You— a labyrinthine poem without stanzas or punctuation. In addition, Stanford published six shorter books of poetry throughout his 20s, and three posthumous collections of his writings (as well as a book of selected poems) have also been published.

Just shy of his 30th birthday, Stanford died on June 3, 1978 in his home in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the victim of three self-inflicted pistol wounds to the heart. In the three decades since, he has become a cult figure in American letters.

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[Ray Nessly · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
......................................................
She could see
just like I could

The one star under the rafter
Quivering like a knife in the creek.
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My children died with feathers
Under their tongues
Said the woman fishing in the ponds
Facing toward the moon
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Do Tell
everyone says it's like a dream
is it now
it was a good year for soybeans and love
Miss Lucy took her own life on the levee
with a pistol
she left everything she had
to a gigolo from Memphis
in no time at all
he bought a sailboat
and a whorehouse
and no one is ever heard of since