Popping Fuchsias

A new formalism, a new spiritualism waits on the horizon. Always at the forefront, Robin Skelton takes up some of the oldest and most rigorous poetic forms to shape them to new ends. Here is an embarrassment of riches–villanellas, sestinas, sonnets, rondeaus, gloses, cinquains, and even arcane Welsh forms–to delight the most discerning of readers.