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Omens in the Year of the Ox by Steven Price

northernatlas's review

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3.0

There is immense beauty within this collection. I was surprisingly disconnected from many of the poems I originally thought, based on either theme or title, I would have been drawn to; poems looking at mythological archetypes in new ways, for example. The sorts of poems I enjoyed most were the Curses, specifically the Gardener's. Comfortable in its format, and delighted by its mischievous cheek, I found these pieces to be darkly witty, yet palatable.
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