| Title | : | When The Night Owl Screams |
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| ISBN | : | 1943690162 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781943690169 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 154 |
| Publication | : | Published October 23, 2017 |
– Alessandro Manzetti, Bram Stoker Award Winning Poet
"Hanson leaves no doubt that—his neo-Victorian sensibilities notwithstanding—he is a contemporary poet of darkness..."
-- Dr. Michael R. Collings, American author, poet, literary critic, and bibliographer
There is a quality to the darkest of dreams, not unlike that of a frightening and disturbing poem. Each bleeds fear, breathes mystery, and allows us to see our nightmares with a secret eye. Words and verses of eerie poetry are like dark blood cells that pump through the macabre heart of poet Michael H. Hanson. To open his strange tomes are to hop onto a weird twilight bus, a vehicle capable of driving through humanity’s dreads and terrors.
'When The Night Owl Screams,' offers up Six delightfully creepy black and white illustrations by artist Chris Mars (whose artwork also graces the cover) that kick off each of this poetry anthology's six chapters, as well as 105 chilling poems by Michael that worm their way through the fever dreams staining your subconscious. Remember… you were warned.
When The Night Owl Screams Reviews
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Hanson walks us down dark hallways, then opens doors to even darker rooms. Shows the death beside you with a quick stab of sentences. This collection is a mix of monsters, darkness and other things that will scream in the dark, besides the Owls. Love the art pieces before each chapter and the cover is a beauty.
My favorites to name a few are listed below:
-I Dreamed
-Moonshade
-The Astronauts Nightmare
-Saturn’s Stain
- Love Letter to the Abyss
-Floiodhais
-Afternoon Chess w/ Smoke and Blood -
Formal poetry, when it works well, is poignant and lyrical. The sounds flow together over a metrical rhythm to create a pleasurable experience for the reader. Hanson attempts formal poetry, but has no command of craft; the resulting poems don’t flow. Overall, while the ideas behind these poems are good, they could use with either a new form and presentation, or critical rewrites to tighten and strengthen the language and meter.
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