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Spectators
The shapeshifter poems by Lucille Clifton were extremely difficult to read. It’s hard reading about such a difficult topic. Her poems presented a topic that is typically hidden and unspoken of. Rape exists. It’s a big issue in our society … Continue reading
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Shapeshifter
The one thing that bothered me the most about the shape shifter poem was the lack of intervening by any of the other characters in the poem. The shapeshifter (drunken father) in my opinion is literally able to have his … Continue reading
Hello, Rosamund Marriott Watson, or should I call you Graham R Tomson?
I very much love just about anything Victorian and R M Watson’s poems are no exception. There is something about the cadence of the Scottish dialect that drives the suspense building in “A Ballad of the Were-Wolf” and I can’t … Continue reading
Sex and the Supernatural 