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Weird #3 The Willows by Algernon Blackwood (1907)
No weird tale that I have read captures a sense of dread and impending doom so subtly and beautifully in its descriptions of the natural world as "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood (1907), the third story included in The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Tales. In this story, two canoeists journey down the …
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For the Sun
Haiku is a simple form. It combines two like images to create a third. Ezra Pound's haiku was the result of several long, many-stanza drafts. It was about a station in the Paris metro. He paired his imagery down to three lines. This poem is "For the Sun." It will be published in The Veg. …
Matthew Rettino 