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    Labyrinth: One classic film, fifty-five sonnets
    Labyrinth: One classic film, fifty-five sonnets
    Labyrinth: One classic film, fifty-five sonnets
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    Labyrinth: One classic film, fifty-five sonnets

    By A Corrigan

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    Labyrinth: One classic film, fifty-five sonnets retells the cult classic film in the form of Shakespearean sonnets.

    It was inspired by A Corrigan’s love of the film and the fact that she wished the novelisation had been more poetic, and physically resembled the book in the film more closely. She started writing the book late last year, intending it to be a celebration of the film’s thirtieth anniversary, but it has now also become a tribute to its star, David Bowie.

    Many of the poems were composed at Bowie shrines; titles of various Bowie songs also found their way into the text. Labyrinth: One classic film, fifty-five sonnets is written in the form of Shakespearean sonnets, to reflect the fact that several of the lines Sarah quotes from her book in the film resemble iambic pentameter, but the language is intended to be more accessible. The book is aimed at Labyrinth aficionados, as well as fans of David Bowie and people who like sonnets and/or traditional rhyming poetry.

    A Corrigan takes inspiration from the works of Tolkien, Tanith Lee, and Neil Gaiman, and was specifically influenced by Christina Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market’ and Lewis Carroll’s ‘The Hunting of the Snark’.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTroubador Publishing Ltd
    Release dateJan 28, 2017
    ISBN9781785897955
    Labyrinth: One classic film, fifty-five sonnets
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    A Corrigan

    A Corrigan has worked for several years as an editor. Outside of work, she has written fan fiction, and has had several poems published by Earlyworks Press, the Pre-Raphaelite Society, and Iron Press – and performs her poetry at festivals. She is also the creator of a poetry blog, Ladies Who Don’t Have Time For Lunch, and has had an exhibition of her haiku done in cross stitch.

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      Book preview

      Labyrinth - A Corrigan

      LV

      PROLOGUE

      Perhaps, in childhood, you a movie saw;

      the title of said film, ‘twas Labyrinth.

      It told of maiden and companions four,

      and featured a beguiling goblin king.

      Now thirty years have passed since its release –

      in stature has its reputation grown;

      so much, that this enchanting fantasy

      is to another generation known.

      This tale (the most-beloved of my life)

      I ventured to encapsulate in verse,

      a true love’s labour; sonnets fifty-five,

      which now you, gentle reader, may rehearse,

      commemorating film in poetry –

      humbly, ‘tis dedicated to Bowie.

      I

      One evening, as the sky was growing dark,

      a white owl flew (called, summoned, in some way?)

      perched on an obelisk in lush green park,

      beheld a girl rehearsing for a play.

      The tale was of a quest across a maze

      in search of babe, snatched by a goblin king

      (who was, in truth, enamoured of the maid

      and only stole the child at her bidding).

      "Through dangers untold, hardships unnumbered,

      I have fought here, to city of goblins,

      for my will is as strong as yours –" stumbled,

      referred then to her book, The Labyrinth.

      Reciting Over me, you have no power

      she heard a clock, which struck the seventh hour.

      II

      Seven o’clock! cried Sarah – ‘twas her name.

      The play’s meanderings had made her late.

      Tonight, she’d be in trouble yet again

      with stepmother she’d slowly grown to hate.

      She ran – her dog, loyal Merlin, by her side –

      and headed home, through streets awash with rain.

      The stepmother made Merlin stay outside

      though Sarah tried to plead his case, in vain.

      Outdoors, a storm was brewing – and inside;

      for stepmother, assuming she’d no date,

      planned to take Sarah’s father out that night.

      Sarah was forced to baby-sit! Irate,

      she stormed upstairs, exchanging fancy dress

      for white blouse, blue jeans, and embroidered vest.

      III

      Deep in her room, a haven and a shrine,

      she heard her

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