- Paperback: 140 pages
- Publisher: Zossima Press (July 3 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1935688049
- ISBN-13: 978-1935688044
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #558,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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J.K. Rowling's HARRY POTTER books are classics of modern fantasy literature which have moved millions of readers with themes that reach to the depths of human existence - the fact of death, the threat of evil, and the power of love and friendship. It is no wonder that such epic themes attracted a poet like Christine Lowther. Harry Potter's losses and struggles have an uncanny resemblance to episodes from her own life which she calls the twelve "Searing Similarities" (detailed in the book's preface). But like Harry, Christine's poetry can also soar above the tragic to discover the heroic and beautiful in such poems as "Neville, Unlikely Rebel," "For Our Wide-Armed Mothers," and "A Boy's Hands." There are seventy-one HALF-BLOOD POEMS divided into seven chapters corresponding to the seven book series: STONES OF SORCERY, SECRETIVE CHAMBERS/HEART AND MIND, FREED FROM AZKABAN, GOBLET OF HEALING FIRE, TEARS OF A PHOENIX, HALF-BLOOD MUDBLOOD, EMBRACING THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. Fans of HARRY POTTER will experience again many of the emotions they felt reading the books - emotions presented most effectively through a poet's words. ~ . ~ . ~ Christine Lowther resides on the beautiful shores of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This is her third published collection of poetry.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
inspired,
This review is from: Half-Blood Poems: Inspired by the Stories of J.K. Rowling (Paperback)
Christine Lowther is a previously published writer and a talented poet who explores the similarities of the Harry Potter books with the personal trauma of her own youth. The poems with this premise could have been a dark read but she avoids this in part by using the natural world that is all around her, (she lives by the rain-forests of Vancouver island B.C), this force is the magic that is transformative both for her and Harry. She also has an understanding of the Potter books that is deep, potterology deep. This brings a certain weight of myth into the poems, myths that are carried into the everyday world where the characters become alive lean close and whisper words of advice and caution. This book is a brave and accomplished achievement.
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Wonderful,
This review is from: Half-Blood Poems: Inspired by the Stories of J.K. Rowling (Paperback)
The Searing Similarities between Harry Potter's life and the author's are uncanny. She explores her own beginnings and his, facing horror and tragedy while treating us to humour and character study at the same time. I especially liked Light and Dark"..when we touch a leaf, feel / its smooth, cold, wet greenness / we feel like Harry did when his wand chose him,.."
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