My September wrap-up.
Neverwhere was the most entertaining.
The Great Passage was the nicest surprise.
Bee Journal is the one that got under my skin.
(And I spent too much, again, courtesy of Waterstones!)
A little poetry #bookhaul
Strictly speaking, they're not going on my TBR as I've already read them both: I returned the library copies yesterday. I've read Woods etc. twice this year and I just know I'll be returning to Bee Journal, too.
pick"You are not fully ordinary, bees."
I wasn't sure I'd enjoy this: poet Alice Oswald calls them, not disparagingly, pre-poems and note-poems (of which I have a deskful of my own: finish the things, damn it!). I loved it! It's the mundane and mysterious inseparable from each other, with a sense of immediacy throughout.
I opened the jar of honey I bought on holiday and sipped a little from a teaspoon: it was nothing less than a bee-spit sacrament!
Stabbed!
Three stings to the right hand.
You, one to the neck.
Witches of black poison went screeching figures of eight,
all broomstick and flight path
Black poison throbbed.
My rivers wretched, staggering at undertow,
gripped my feet.
A record of beekeeping told in poems. 🐝🐝
#PoetryChallenge2018
pickAbsolutely wonderful.
A beekeeper's journal in poem form, telling of a couple of years watching (and listening) to the hive. From high drama (24th/25th January is quite devastating!) to acute observation, much of it's written to his bee-friends themselves, as well as watching the seasons, plants, etc etc... At some points, he has bees sat on his hands while he's writing.
All strangely beautiful. 🐝
#poetrychallenge2018 @Natasha.C.Barnes
Apparently poems about beekeeping are exactly what I need in my life right now.
In case you do too: https://granta.com/new-poet-sean-borodale/
Looks like this is my #poetrychallenge2018 selection for March. @Natasha.C.Barnes
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