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Undying
Enjoy a good shiver on a moonlit night with these thrilling, chilling poems. Oklahoma poets and authors Stephen B. Bagley and Gail Henderson share a sometimes darkly humorous look at the creatures of the ever night, mythical and otherwise. You'll meet a vampire who definitely doesn't sparkle, a werewolf who chooses freedom, gods and goddesses who are all too human, brave astronauts and greedy planet jumpers, and down-to-earth monsters who may live next door. You'll learn what happens to a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein after he creates the perfect woman, why it's better to refuse that crimson invitation, and the sorrow that stalks us even when the sky is bright and the clouds few. You might even discover the creature that goes bump in the night is actually...you.
118 pages, Paperback
Published October 2, 2015
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March 2, 2024
I am impressed with the poetry of Gail Henderson. Excellent work from a poet who stopped writing and is now rediscovering her art. Numerous poems in this volume are excellent. If you are interested in classical mythology, you are in for a treat. Many of these poems reference the lives of the gods and demi-gods of various mythologies. Other poems ponder death and desire. Heartily recommended. I began with Henderson's half of the book and have not yet read Bagley. I will update my review once I complete the first half of this book. - 23.Feb.24
The first half of "Undying", the Bagley half, cannot compare to the second. The collection of poems are grouped in such strange order, mythology, whiny love poems, semi-horror poems, space travel. The order determined by alphabetizing the poem titles. The Henderson half does this as well but her poems are more homogenous and, thus, not so much WTF. And the poems in the first half are not great. There are some good lines but I almost dreaded each time I picked up the book to read. But Bagley's genres are not my genres so we began without much common ground, whereas I felt instantly aligned with Henderson.
Five stars for the 2nd half, 1-2 stars for the 1st. - 02.Mar.24
The first half of "Undying", the Bagley half, cannot compare to the second. The collection of poems are grouped in such strange order, mythology, whiny love poems, semi-horror poems, space travel. The order determined by alphabetizing the poem titles. The Henderson half does this as well but her poems are more homogenous and, thus, not so much WTF. And the poems in the first half are not great. There are some good lines but I almost dreaded each time I picked up the book to read. But Bagley's genres are not my genres so we began without much common ground, whereas I felt instantly aligned with Henderson.
Five stars for the 2nd half, 1-2 stars for the 1st. - 02.Mar.24
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