Poems by Syminetta Botta. 1950, first edition, privately printed, 137 pages. The daughter of musicians, Botta ran a dance studio in New Jersey while she wrote poems.

Condition: Good. Water stain on the boards and endpaper.

"War! Ugliest word pronounced by men.

War! Fire of hate ignited again.

A fire extinguished by human blood;

Blood of our boys we have reared and loved."