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    Pryderi's Pigs and Other Poems

    By G. R. Grove

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    This is my second collection of poetry (the first was King Arthur’s Raid on Hell and other poems). Most of these poems are written in medieval fixed forms, or approximations of medieval forms – one of my on-going quests being a search for ways of reproducing the sound and feel of medieval Welsh poetry in modern English. And yet, because the bardic art I practice is a performance art, these are in a larger sense not my poems at all, but merely pale imitations – poems preserved on paper. Until I can come and sing the real poems to you, I hope you will enjoy the substitutes.
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    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateDec 23, 2014
    ISBN9781312699311
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    • 4/5
      Pryderi's Pigs is Grove's second volume of poetry, and anyone who has read King Arthur's Raid on Hell will instantly recognize the world conjured in the poems.The same caveat holds, as well: Grove's poems were spun to be read out loud, preferably in front of a roaring fire, stein of mulled wine in hand. Reading the poems - even from a laptop screen - draws you into the realms Grove writes about, but listening to them would more fully realize that realm.Grove's poems are lyrical, evocative and sharply rhythmic - once a poem is finished, beginning the next is tempting. Which is another reason the poems should be read out loud - to make them last longer.
    • 4/5
      First of all I must admit that I am rarely reading poetry and that's for the sole reason that it's usually not the kind of literary genre that tickles my fancy. That said, I want to add that I do appreciate a selected few poems that I came across over the years, so I'm not totally new to poetry in general.What made me curious about this book was the fact that I really liked the idea of medieval poetry in modern English form, plus I've always had a thing for everything Celtic and Irish, so I gave it a try and I'm so glad I did.Starting reading I was literally pulled into the world that G.R. Grove has created here. She sure knows how to tell stories so beautifully through her poems, some short, others long, some funny, others tragic, but they all have one thing in common - they touched me. I guess I couldn't have asked for more.In short: Let Loreena McKennitt sing one to me, and let Ralph Fiennes recite another one! Stunning collection of medievaly inspired poems!
    • 4/5
      I have never sat before the fire in a Welsh Chieftan's Great Hall and listened to a bard sing songs about heroes, spin tales of happiness and woe, and pose riddles in verse. Thanks to Guernen Sang Again< I don't have to imagine what the experience would be like.Poetry is difficult to do well. It is especially difficult to do well when attempting to recount particular stories of myth and legend, but many of the poems included in this book do just that, and do them well. Grove deals with many traditional stories drawn (mostly) from Welsh myth: Gwydion's war for Pryderi's pigs, Pwll's sojourn in Annuvin, Blodeuwedd's betrayal of Lleu, and of course, a couple of poems about Arthur. She also draws from a couple other myth traditions for inspiration, most notably Greek myth for a poem centered on Achilles. All of these are good, and some are quite good.Where this collection shines for me are the humorous poems. There are numerous funny poems about animals, including several about the dog Bruno. Host Raider was particularly fun to read. Dogs are not the only animal subjects featured - chickens and cats also have verses devoted to them: Birdsong at Dawn is a funny tale of a cat's fustrations.Finally, the poems touch upon loss, and aging. The Choice, for example, telling the choice the narrator made to live a human life, but not knowing if he could make the same choice again as he nears death. As with much poetry inspired by the Celtic tradition, many other poems are tinged with loss and sorrow.This collection is not without some flaws, but they are mostly minor. The only thing that is truly missing from this book is that it doesn't come packaged with a drummer, harper, piper, and bard to sing the verses. I can forgive that oversight (the packaging would probably be quite costly), and I will have to settle for simply imagining them.