Selected Poems

Maryllis Hughes "Selected Poems" is the most original, sensuous and daring group of poems written with a fresh voice that probes the issues of the heart from the ordinary to the extraordinary in her love of life and art. Written with masterful images and symbolism that express a wide range of emotions that deal with complex themes of love, death, grief, remorse or even humor to reflect on the human condition.

Her poem "Akhmatova Sketches" is a new way of understanding Akhmatova, from the artists that painted her, as well as her inner life and the thoughts reflected in her poems. Hughes writes as a woman with sympathy and empathy, with a penetrating truth that is profound.

This book is authentic and powerful. Anyone reading these poems from the first to the last paragraph will be hard-pressed to put it down.