May Sarton's poems [in Collected Poems: 1930–1973] enter and illuminate every natural corner of our lives. In twelve books of poems and fourteen novels, Ms. Sarton has, for more than forty years, made patient, enduring testament. The poems are not easy, nor were they meant to be, for the consciousness behind them seldom rests easy. She wanted "good violence to find organic form", and it almost always does….

May Sarton's poems are so strong in their faith and in their positive response to the human condition that they will likely outlast much of the fashionable, cynical poetry of our era. One hopes that her passionate voice will continue restless and resolute for many years to come. (p. 115)

James Martin, "Questions of Style," in Poetry (© 1975 by The Modern Poetry Association; reprinted by permission of the Editor of Poetry), Vol. CXXVI, No. 2, May, 1975, pp. 103-15.∗