Re: romance?
Posted by:
Scott Connors (IP Logged)
Date: 17 August, 2004 02:05PM
SANDALWOOD is essentially a collection of love poems, while the cycles "The Jasmine Girdle" and "The Hill of Dionysus" (both included as separate sections in SELECTED POEMS) are groups of love poems dedicated to Genevieve Sully and Madelynne Greene, respectively. Love and loss are two of Smith's major themes, and can be found in a great many of his stories, starting with "The End of the Story" and "The Last Incantation" and continuing on to "Phoenix" and "Morthylla" in his last years.
Best,
Scott