[Report This]Date: 07/14/2007 11:44 pm Title: Night Visions & Astral Flight
Great poem. Just wanted to let you know I featured you on my new reader's blog, http://abunchofwordz.wordpress.com/.
Author's Response: Thank you for reviewing the first two poems in my collection and for featuring me on your blog! LSV
[Report This]Date: 07/03/2007 12:50 pm Title: Moon Woman
Excellent! Very appropriate the Lucius ("light") would be with the Moon Woman - and very fitting that she would leave him unsatisfied. I like how you describe her leaving: "as molecules and cells dissolve/into particles of light." Very well done, very haunting, especially with the promise that, like the full moon and moonlight, she will return.
Author's Response: Thank you, Overhill - I'm so glad you liked this one. It didn't come all at once; I worked it out over a period of weeks, developing the mini-plot and struggling to find just the right word-imagery to tell this tale about Lucius and the Moon Woman. I agree with you in that they're an excellent match, despite their "timing" being a bit off - this time around anyway (poor Lucius!). Perhaps these lovers will meet again in a future poetic episode! LSV
[Report This]Date: 04/03/2007 06:58 pm Title: The Hatchling
11-06-2006 16:19
It took me a couple of reading to realize that this poem is not about S. Black, but is indeed the being that symbolizes Death. I like the Cheshire cat act, how it makes the fourth stanza more magical, and that the last line clears up what actually has happened here. (It makes it more interesting too, to be reminded that Black's animagus form was identical to that of a Grim.)
Author's Response: Thanks for your insightful review! You are quite correct that the mythology of the Grim extends beyond the natural assumption that it absolutely must be Sirius in his animagus form. . . it could be but, to your point, the Grim is also generally a harbinger of Death, known to haunt graveyards. I did want to make a poetic and atmospheric connection between the appearance of the Grim and the Dog Star Sirius shining brightly in the summer sky - a real astronomical event. I'm very fond of the Cheshire Cat and just couldn't resist that little touch!
LSV
[Report This]Date: 04/03/2007 06:57 pm Title: Sirius Rising
11-06-2006 16:01
It is an interesting thought, that Tom Riddle would have hatched his own basilisk, instead of using one a thousand years old. (It makes more sense, especially if one wonders (as I did) how much food and exercise it would need over the centuries.)
Author's Response: That is an interesting take on the poem! Alternatively, the hatchling could be a new baby basilisk that has hatched well after the "original" basilisk was killed by Harry in the Chamber. The knowledge of a second basilisk on the Hogwarts grounds - heading toward the Chamber, no less - would certainly inspire great terror in Myrtle! I always like to leave a bit of unresolved suspense in my poems so the reader can provide his/her own interpretation of the events. Thanks for reviewing!
LSV
[Report This]Date: 06/12/2006 01:38 am Title: Night Visions & Astral Flight
I'm in a poetry mood, so I'm really glad this was posted. From this, it looks like the Forbidden Forest has a lot of potential... I'm not aware of anyone else having the Forest as a "character" or focus, and, as you've indicated that this isn't complete, I'm looking forward to the next installment!
Author's Response: Thanks so much for reading and reviewing my first two poems, Overhill. The "Forbidden Forest" collection is my first publication to the SH archives and I'm looking forward to adding more poems to it. The "FF" does, indeed, provide an intriguing sense of independent character, acting as a backdrop for all sorts of mysterious scenarios that may unfold there! Thanks again for your encouraging words to keep me interested in writing. LSV