Silks : Poems
/ by Roberta Spear.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston , c1980.
- 85 p. ; 22 cm.
- The National Poetry series .
Her gift for metaphor and surrealistic imagery and her knack for shifting tense and time sense transform her topics. . .suggesting the mysterious depths beneath her shining surfaces. There is tragic wisdom in this poetry, as she says, "I speak magic, but breathe the dust."