Kierkegaard’s Cupboard by Marianne Burton Jacqueline Saphra the Vers Poets Open Poetry

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Kierkegaard’s Cupboard by Marianne Burton Jacqueline Saphra the Vers Poets Open PoetryThe life of the influential Danish philosopher Sren Kierkegaard has inspired this book of poems by Marianne Burton. Burton, whose debut collection, She Inserts The Key, was nominated for the Forward Prize, has delved closely into the extensive writings both by and about Kierkegaard. She has distilled this knowledge into a sharp, lively and intriguing series of poems, all variations of the 14 line sonnet, written in the first person, so that we seem to