Tag: poetry

Book Review, poetry

#AmReading Poetry: How To Unpeel A Monster by Nimue Brown

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How to Unpeel a Monster How to Unpeel a Monster by Nimue Brown My rating: 5 of 5 stars A brilliant anthology that deeply resonates with me. I just got this and spent yesterday curled up crying with it for a while because some of the poems here really connected and expressed things I have… Continue reading #AmReading Poetry: How To Unpeel A Monster by Nimue Brown

Gothic Fiction, Pagham-verse, The Crows, Uncategorized

Wyrd Wednesday: Wyrd bið ful aræd

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I took line 5b from Old English poem 'The Wanderer' as the tagline for The Crows because it is at the heart of the fatalistic themes of death and fate: death is inevitable, and Carrie, unbeknownst to her but very much beknownst to Ricky Porter, has 33 days left to live from when the book… Continue reading Wyrd Wednesday: Wyrd bið ful aræd