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a short break before we get back to incessant book-blogging

I published a poem this weekend!

You can find it at the current issue of Chiaroscuro Magazine, or Chizine for short.


It is a much altered version of a poem you may or may not have seen called
What The Gargoyle Does Not Speak, but Dreams




cool note about this...the editor told me she was going to get in trouble with other writers because I broke a few of her rules--one is the inclusion of the word blood, which is even in their submissions guidelines as a no. Since the blood mentioned is not so much a symbol as the actual biological thing, I kind of ignored that? And so did she.


SO HURRAH!

Obsessive Book Lover's Month of Books - Day Two

Day 2

What characters did you read about and think, “Oh, I know what you mean”? Characters you feel you are like, inside.

This may sound really egotistical, but I really get Sophie. Her wanting to shrink away from the gorgeous creature that is Howl, and her way of fading in behind her work, and just keep thing running. Her ability to be the strong disciplinarian in the family, and her understanding of how the child's mind works, and emotional complexities.

The way she takes being turned into an old lady sort of in stride, and fully throws herself into that power of being not expected to behave, and to not have to be judged as young women are--by looks first, words second, content last.

I can't quite explain the experiences of that kind of phenomenon I've had, but I recognized it immediately.


Which makes the fact that she's seen through and appreciated all that much sweeter. They're both the Beast and both the Beauty, in a way...

 

( The Meme Complete )