Beauty Exasperated

<p>Common Meter Press presents <strong><em>Beauty Exasperated</em></strong> collage poems inspired by the 19th century literary movement and George Eliot's infamous novel Middlemarch from Seattle poet and artist Cass Garison. </p><p>In <strong><em>Beauty Exasperated</em></strong> 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. </p><p>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 <strong><em>Beauty Exasperated</em></strong> is above all else heartbreaking.</p>