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The Octopus Museum
The Octopus Museum: Poems | Brenda Shaughnessy
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This collection of bold and scathingly beautiful feminist poems imagines what comes after our current age of environmental destruction, racism, sexism, and divisive politics. Informed by Brenda Shaughnessy's craft as a poet and her worst fears as a mother, the poems in The Octopus Museum blaze forth from her pen: in these pages, we see that what was once a generalized fear for our children (car accidents, falling from a tree) is now hyper-reasonable, specific, and multiple: school shootings, nuclear attack, loss of health care, a polluted planet. As Shaughnessy conjures our potential future, she movingly (and often with humor) envisions an age where cephalopods might rule over humankind, a fate she suggests we may just deserve after destroying their oceans. These heartbreaking, terrified poems are the battle cry of a woman who is fighting for the survival of the world she loves, and a stirring exhibition of who we are as a civilization.
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Redwritinghood
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This poetry collection imagines a time in the future when our octopus overlords create a museum to remember the human species and its racism, misogyny, and total disregard for the natural world. It is a rather melancholy collection that reflects on the issues of times with a rather pessimistic. The language is often beautiful and the device of seeing ourselves through the eyes of another is illuminating. “Are Women People?” was a favorite. 4⭐️

zezeki It sounds interesting, and that cover is great, too! 😍 I also read somewhere a while ago, that if octopuses weren't so lazy, they could take over the world, so having an octopus overlord doesn't seem so impossible. 😂 4y
zezeki @Redwritinghood That one sounds interesting, too. Stacked! 😅 4y
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VioletBramble
The Octopus Museum: Poems | Brenda Shaughnessy
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Poetry and hot chocolate on this cold, rainy Sunday morning. Relaxing before I do some online Continuing Education this afternoon.

Tamra What does your tray say? I like your plan! 4y
VioletBramble @Tamra The tray says: To let love be the answer no matter the question. 4y
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VioletBramble
The Octopus Museum: Poems | Brenda Shaughnessy
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#7Days7Covers #Covercrush Day 2
Post a cover you love each day for 7 days. No explanation needed.

Nute I like this one! 5y
JazzFeathers Wow! 5y
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Well-ReadNeck 🧡💙💚 5y
Soubhiville OMG so beautiful! 5y
Avanders Soo pretty!! 5y
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VioletBramble
The Octopus Museum: Poems | Brenda Shaughnessy
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I took a break from media and social media for a while. I‘ll probably do a bunch of catch up posts. I‘ll try to spread them out a bit. These are the books I purchased in April. The tagged book, a collection of poetry, looks very interesting. I think it will be my poetry read for June.

readordierachel Some gorgeous covers there 😍 5y
OwlReader Thanks for the follow! 5y
VioletBramble @OwlReader Welcome to Litsy! Your name caught my eye - I love owls. 5y
OwlReader @VioletBramble Thanks! Owls are my favorite. Glad you like them! Your name caught my eye too- my favorite color is purple/violet 😄 5y
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SharonGoforth
The Octopus Museum: Poems | Brenda Shaughnessy
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New for me today. Isn‘t this cover breathtaking??!! And from what little I‘ve read today, the poems are equally amazing. #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth #bookcovers

Theaelizabet That is a beautiful cover. 5y
SharonGoforth @Theaelizabet It is!!☺️ (edited) 5y
Lcsmcat Wow! 5y
SharonGoforth @lcsmcat It‘s stunning! 5y
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