Arthur Davison Ficke (1883¿1945) was an American playwright, poet, and Japanese art expert. One of America's most famous sonnet writers, he was widely regarded as a ¿poet's poet¿ and influenced many other poets of his time. First published in 1916, he co-wrote ¿Specträ under the pseudonym Anne Knish. Originally written as a farce of a type of then-famous experimental verse, the assortment of odd poetry surprisingly garnered a great deal of attention and ultimately overshadowed Ficke's traditional prose writing. Contents include: ¿Opus 1 ¿ Drums¿, ¿Opus 2 ¿ Hope¿, ¿Opus 6 - If I Were Only Dafter¿, ¿Opus 7 - A Bunch of Grapes¿, ¿Opus 9 - Frogs' Legs on a Plate¿, ¿Opus 13 - O Peacock-Feather¿, ¿Opus 14 - I Had to Put Out my Leaves¿, ¿Opus 15 - Despair Comes¿, ¿Opus 16 - The Guillotine¿, etc. Other notable works by this author include: ¿From the Isles: A Series of Songs out of Greece¿ (1907), ¿The Happy Princess, and Other Poems¿ (1907), and ¿Mrs. Morton of Mexico¿ (1939). Ragged Hand - Read & Co is republishing this collection of classic poetry now in a new edition complete with the essay ¿Metrical Regularity¿ by H. P. Lovecraft.