Tag: poetry corner
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To Drown as a Cure for Thirst by Blake Auden
Long story short; I loved this book, and its going into my top reads of 2022 shelf! I’m also going to have to check out the rest of Blake Audens books! This felt like a well thought out collection, with all the poems consistently good!
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NOT A LOT OF REASONS TO SING, BUT ENOUGH by Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre | NetGalley Book Review
But good people: Revenge is more than spite. I do not peddle simplespite; it’s only spite when the war is over. And our wars rage. So rage back, my friends. Buy a bag of spiders today, and rage back. If you’re wondering why you should buy a bag of spiders, scroll down to the first…
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Poem of the day: After Death by Christina Rossetti
I recently finished the Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti and this poem just reminded me of something I’d read about Lord Byron and how he treated his daughter. When I read ‘Strange Antics: A History of Seduction’ by Clement Knox (can’t find my my beautiful hardback copy which I’m annoyed by so…
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Poem of the Day ~ Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon
Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon Everyone suddenly burst out singing;And I was filled with such delightAs prisoned birds must find in freedom,Winging wildly across the whiteOrchards and dark-green fields; on – on – and out of sight. Everyone’s voice was suddenly lifted;And beauty came like the setting sun:My heart was shaken with tears; and horrorDrifted…
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Book Review: My Body Is My Business by Melissa Todd
I’ve never read anything by Melissa Todd before this, but the premise was fairly interesting. A woman drops out of Oxford to work in the sex industry and is now telling us her story almost 25 years later as she works as a dominatrix and porn star! I think this was definitely a take in…
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Diomedes Speaks of Fame ~ Burt Porter
For some reason I’ve decided to end the year by regularly reading something on Jstor; why I picked this as a hobby is a good question because I have no idea. But here we are. But I’ve always been a big fan of the Trojan War, and at some point Diomedes was someone I really…
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Although the wind
Although the windby Izumi Shikibu Translated by Jane Hirshfield with Marino Aratani Although the winblows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the roof planks of this ruined house.
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