Twenty

<p><I>Twenty</I> (1918) is a poetry collection by Stella Benson. Largely recognized for her work as an activist in the women's suffrage movement and for her popular novels Benson was also an accomplished poet. <I>Twenty</I> her debut volume is a collection indebted to symbolism in which Benson reflects on her experiences as a young woman in a rapidly changing world. In The Secret Day Benson muses on the impossibility of peace in a time that refuses to slow: My yesterday has gone has gone and left me tired / And now to-morrow comes and beats upon the door / [...] / So I have built To-day more precious than a dream; / And I have painted peace upon the sky above. Responding to the horrors of a decade torn by war Benson does what she can to maintain her own personal calm to build a safe space apart from the world. In Redneck's Song she laments the years of her life spent obeying the laws of men / Who worshipped law declaring instead that Those laws are dust / To-day... In these poems shaped by her experience as an activist and pioneering feminist the personal is inseparable from the political. Benson's identity her present and her future depend on this revolutionary thrust-no longer will she shut [her] eyes and hold [her] tongue. It may be their path but she will make her own groove her own way through life.Since our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p> <p>Since our inception in 2020 <b>Mint Editions</b> has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p> <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>