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Beauty Exasperated: Poems After George Eliot
Beauty Exasperated: Poems After George Eliot

Beauty Exasperated: Poems After George Eliot in Bloomington, MN

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Common Meter Press presents
Beauty Exasperated
, collage poems inspired by the 19th century literary movement and George Eliot's infamous novel, Middlemarch, from Seattle poet and artist Cass Garison.
In
, we follow a drama of two lovers, feelings of longing and loneliness, and a glimpse into intense love that blooms, fades, and evolves through the seasons.
The story is told through erasure poems, a poetic form that removes words from an existing text to reveal something new - and, perhaps, unexpected. The story can be understood, enjoyed, and deeply felt, regardless of one's relationship with the original work. Part homage and part excavation,
is, above all else, heartbreaking.
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