Abstract
In 2015 I edited and published A Naked Tree: Joy Davidman’s Love Sonnets to C. S. Lewis and Other Poems. I avoided referring to this volume as the collected poems of Davidman since I decided to withhold publication of twenty-nine poems, primarily because I wanted the attention of readers to focus upon Davidman’s forty-five sonnets to Lewis as well as the poems comprising Letter to a Comrade, the only collection of her verse published during her lifetime. However, I now think it is time to bring these unpublished poems to print. With a few exceptions, I have arranged the poems in chronological order as dated by Davidman. In cases where she did not provide a date, I suggest a possible date and indicate so by use of a question mark. Rather than offer an analysis of each poem, I place them into three groupings, summarize each in a sentence or two, and then invite readers to explore on their own the ideas, images, and subtleties found in the poems.
Recommended Citation
King, Don W.
(2025)
"“Frankenstein’s Nursery Rhymes” and Other Unpublished Poems by Joy Davidman,"
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal: Vol. 19
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, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55221/1940-5537.1532
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