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  • Margaret Avison

    …poem of her second collection, The Dumbfounding (1966). Less introspective and more direct, these poems recall 17th-century Metaphysical poetry, as they present images of spiritual vitality in everyday life. Many of her poems in Sunblue (1978) are based on biblical stories; the poems further investigate her Christian beliefs, and she…

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    …poem of her second collection, The Dumbfounding (1966). Less introspective and more direct, these poems recall 17th-century Metaphysical poetry, as they present images of spiritual vitality in everyday life. Many of her poems in Sunblue (1978) are based on biblical stories; the poems further investigate her Christian beliefs, and she…

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