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Grimes recommended The Flowers of Evil in Books (curated)

 
The Flowers of Evil
The Flowers of Evil
Charles Baudelaire, Anthony Mortimer | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
(0 Ratings)
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"“I’m not typically interested in poetry, but I discovered The Flowers of Evil in high school as I was just becoming a goth and getting into Trent Reznor – and everyone else was getting into the Beat poets, who I find comparably boring if we’re going to discuss druggy, surrealist poetry. This work is so visceral, filthy and gorgeously written. It feels like a distillation of the opium scenes from Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth, but more abstract and extensively documented. This one poem is just a disgusting, sexual description of a corpse that is permanently burned into my mind.”"

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Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated Six Foot Six in Books

Jul 1, 2021  
Six Foot Six
Six Foot Six
Kit De Waal | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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A lovely little short story that follows Timothy Flowers who turns 21 on the day this is set on. Timothy is minding his own business when a man, Charlie, starts to talk to him and offers him a day’s paid work. Timothy is unsure but decides to help Charlie out.

What follows is a story about their day and makes you want to read more when it’s finished. It was heartwarming and although Timothy is different from most normal 21 year olds, Charlie doesn’t treat him that way at all.

I would definitely recommend it! I just wish it was a little longer!
  
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CHILLFILTR (46 KP) rated Sorrow & Splendour by Jason Lowe in Music

Jul 11, 2019  
Sorrow & Splendour by Jason Lowe
Sorrow & Splendour by Jason Lowe
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Rating
This could be a song by George Harrison because the lyrics are that good and the voice is that humble. The string section is the lake that we float upon and the acoustic guitar is the boat that carries us across. And always with the voice just behind your shoulder. It's not a whisper, it's not a shout.

As the song progresses it approaches a sort of poetic ecstasy that flowers and fades and after there is much to discuss:

“Yeah and pain is your teacher now
You’ll make it through somehow
Do all you can to find the light”
— Jason Lowe
  
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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

May 14, 2020  
Today I have a very beautiful children's picture book on my blog! Check out THANK YOU, GARDEN by Liz Garton Scanlon. Be sure to enter the #GIVEAWAY to #win a personalized copy of the book as well as Liz's other children's book Another Way to Climb a Tree!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2020/05/book-blitz-and-giveaway-thank-you.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
A community garden unites neighbors in this celebration of all the things that grow there, from flowers and fruits, to friendships!

This ode to working together for a better world will have young readers wanting to plant gardens of their own!