The answering voice : one hundred love lyrics by women

This collection gathers a hundred love lyrics penned by women between the mid‑nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, offering a rare glimpse into the intimate thoughts that shaped their era’s poetry. The selections span tender reverence, quiet yearning, and the bittersweet ache of unrequited affection, each piece distilled to its purest, most lyrical form. Listeners will hear voices that range from the shy whisper of a garden romance to the bold proclamation of a heart set free, all bound by a shared honesty that transcends time.

Compiled with care, the anthology excludes longer works and translations, focusing instead on poems that express the poet’s own feelings rather than those imagined for a lover. The result is a compact treasury that celebrates the emergence of women’s poetic voices at a moment when their art began to stand shoulder‑to‑shoulder with that of their male counterparts. Ideal for anyone who loves concise, resonant verses that speak directly to the heart.