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A Bundle of Myrrh
This first published collection of poems by John G. Neihardt earned him extravagant praise from critics and the attention of literary circles in New York. Daring in its embrace of sensuality, rapid-fire emotion, and free verse, the thirty-one poems in A Bundle of Myrrh marked the very public beginning of the career of America's great epic poet. This collection fell into the hands of Mona Martinsen, a student of the sculptor Auguste Rodin. Taken with the passionate young poet from Nebraska, Martinsen began corresponding with Neihardt and later married him.
60 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1919
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February 4, 2021
I enjoyed the vivid descriptions of nature in these poems, as in the lines "Prairie droning in heat, satisfied, drowsy, mystical. /For I am a part of the Prairie, / Kin to the wind…
from his poem, "Prelude." The majority of his poems are love poems. These lines from his poem, "Resurrection," especially stood out to me as the book was published in 1907. "Not only upon Calvary has died / The patient tortured Christ misunderstood ;/ Over and over is He crucified / Wherever man besmirches womanhood."
from his poem, "Prelude." The majority of his poems are love poems. These lines from his poem, "Resurrection," especially stood out to me as the book was published in 1907. "Not only upon Calvary has died / The patient tortured Christ misunderstood ;/ Over and over is He crucified / Wherever man besmirches womanhood."
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