I N C L U D E S A F F I L I A T E L I N K S
Title: Grief Is The Thing With FeathersAuthor: Max Porter
Published: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 114
Rating: 3/5
Summary:
In this collection of poems, we meet two young boys who have lost their mother, a father who has lost his wife and the crow that has attached itself to the grieving family.
Review:
This was an interesting poetry collection and there are things I love about it and things I don't.
I really like the theme of this book and you can really feel the grief of this family. The story is told through the narrative of the dad, the boys and the crow, which is interesting. I like the image of this black bird suddenly being a part of the family, but I struggled reading his parts as they literally made no sense to me. The other poems though, were magnificent.
Perhaps I would've gotten more out of this if I had read Ted Hughes' Crow before reading this which is heavily referenced, but I feel like I shouldn't have to. I still very much liked this though and I feel like it's worth checking out if you like reading poetry.
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