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dreaming_ace's review
3.0
I received an advance review copy for free from booksirens.com, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
This was an interesting combination of Norse mythology runes and processing the experience of COVID times. It was cool to see the runes interpreted for today.
This was an interesting combination of Norse mythology runes and processing the experience of COVID times. It was cool to see the runes interpreted for today.
truebookaddict's review
5.0
The Dust of Hope is a beautiful collection of poems inspired by the runes of the Elder Futhark. Two themes stood out for me: the pandemic and the loss of someone beloved. Almost right off the bat, emotions were evoked, and I could feel unshed tears at the back of my eyes.
"...a memory of infinity reminding me that--even as I sit in the darkness alone, isolated by the pandemic, your ashes scattered on the paths those eland walked--having once been wrapped in your love, I am still rich beyond compare." ('eland by the door')
Touching on the truth of this world and the realities of the pandemic. Our greed and inattentiveness (brains engulfed by cyberspace). The pack mentality (and those of us not part of the pack).
"...all those who clung together, once gaining strength and cruelty from their unity are kept apart, weakening with terror while we--the alienated, the outsiders--we're still alone with out strength and our souls that speak true, for we possess the gift of solitude and lock down is our home." ('speak true')
'when life returns to normal' being the "motto" of the pandemic. Yes!
"why would we want to...when normal was so skewed with unkindness and greed and corruption of power? if the bleak months of lockdown have taught us anything it would be: we must let go of the old normal and find undreamt of freedom in the fertile ground of fallow fields."
This collection is both thought provoking and soul stirring. Does it call us out? Yes, but humanity needs to hear it.
"...feeling like gods . will love turn to fear when we feel the first flick of tyranny, at that moment we first realise we've sold our souls to science" ('need-fire')
Highly recommended.
I received this book free of charge from the author. Thank you to Poetic Book Tours for inviting me to participate.
"...a memory of infinity reminding me that--even as I sit in the darkness alone, isolated by the pandemic, your ashes scattered on the paths those eland walked--having once been wrapped in your love, I am still rich beyond compare." ('eland by the door')
Touching on the truth of this world and the realities of the pandemic. Our greed and inattentiveness (brains engulfed by cyberspace). The pack mentality (and those of us not part of the pack).
"...all those who clung together, once gaining strength and cruelty from their unity are kept apart, weakening with terror while we--the alienated, the outsiders--we're still alone with out strength and our souls that speak true, for we possess the gift of solitude and lock down is our home." ('speak true')
'when life returns to normal' being the "motto" of the pandemic. Yes!
"why would we want to...when normal was so skewed with unkindness and greed and corruption of power? if the bleak months of lockdown have taught us anything it would be: we must let go of the old normal and find undreamt of freedom in the fertile ground of fallow fields."
This collection is both thought provoking and soul stirring. Does it call us out? Yes, but humanity needs to hear it.
"...feeling like gods . will love turn to fear when we feel the first flick of tyranny, at that moment we first realise we've sold our souls to science" ('need-fire')
Highly recommended.
I received this book free of charge from the author. Thank you to Poetic Book Tours for inviting me to participate.