Tag: Poetry
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Book Deal Alert: Between Lost and Found and Infinite by Kathy Kimbray | Book Tour
I’m part of another book tour you guys! So basically some time ago Book of Matches Media let me be part of the cover reveal tour for this book. Basically, the cover got me and I really really wanted this book. I’m genuinely sure they thought I was insane because there I am specifying on…
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Book Review: unlock your storybook heart by Amanda Lovelace
Why did I do this to myself? The thing is, I’m really sure everyone will want to read Amanda Lovelace. She’s a fairly popular poet with 5786 followers on Goodreads and a lot of books, including some that have been translated to other languages. And I also really wanted to tank my NetGalley US feedback…
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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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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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Poem of the Day: The Ideal by James Fenton
This is where I came from. I passed this way. This should not be shameful. Or hard to say.
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Of Mutability by Jo Shapcott | Unmemorable Poetry with A Moment | Review
What does it mean when I can’t remember you the next day? Of Mutability by Jo Shapcott Insomnia and night shift have done wonders for how much poetry I read. I can focus on things enough to get through them, or my brain registers more easily that this is not worth a deep read and…
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