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Day 5
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pickExistentialism. Grubs. The beating of wings, the beating heart of the godless earth. The heavens open over and over for a crow who never learns to say LOVE before a giant vulva envelops everything. Ted Hughes‘ most bizarre and avian urges make for some of his most captivating poems, buzzing with the energy of an animal mind.
pickI finally read Crow and Grief together and it was a good experience! I liked getting to know the almost mythical Crow through Hughes' poems and seeing Crow "in action" in Grief is the thing with feathers.
I liked a lot of the poems, especially the ones about creation and Crow. They were dark and twisted, and I am here for that!
#HomeAloneReadathon
pickI re-red this one in preparation for reading Max Porter's Grief is the Thing With Feathers. I read this one originally when I was just out of college and was then struck by the visceralness of the text. On my second read, I can't say I got more out of the read than a greater sense of the primordial nature of the Crow as a tricker intensity in western culture. Even if you aren't going to progress your reading to Porter this is a worthwhile read.
pan#booktober day 3: I wanted to read more poetry this year. This is one of the very few book covers without any images that I own! First of all this edition is amazing. The paper has great quality and feels amazing. yep I'm also a paper lover haha ;) But the content, oh well...honestly I couldn't get into a single poem. The meaning of them is so hidden and it wasn't sth I could add my own meaning to. Rather disappointing read... @RealLifeReading
Knitting, tea, and books. Sounds like my kind of Saturday ☕️📚
Last night I did that thing where you take four books to bed because you can't decide which to read before sleep. We all do that, right? 😂
#Recommendsday - CROW by birthday boy Ted Hughes
"When God hung Crow on a tree/He made fruit
When God buried Crow in the earth/He made man
When God tried to chop Crow in two/He made woman
When God said 'You win, Crow'/He made the Redeemer" -from Crow's Song of Himself
The collection plays with religion, nature, grotesque imagery, and mythology. Many were written to accompany drawings of crows, and are full of wonder, anger, and false-hubris.
Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow | 
