A Wreath of Down and Drops of Blood by Allen Braden
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A Wreath of Down and Drops of Blood by Allen Braden is a slim collection of poems, published as part of the Virginia Quarterly Review Poetry Series, and is steeped in bird imagery and rural life. His images are at once beautiful and raw, bringing with it the full force of nature's unbridled beauty and fearsome nature. Even the most beautiful images take on an aggressive persona, like the catalpa petals in "Remembering Precious Landscape, but with an Elegy in Mind" (page 9) that become "splayed."
A Wreath of Down and Drops of Blood by Allen Braden
A Wreath of Down and Drops of Blood by Allen…
A Wreath of Down and Drops of Blood by Allen Braden
A Wreath of Down and Drops of Blood by Allen Braden is a slim collection of poems, published as part of the Virginia Quarterly Review Poetry Series, and is steeped in bird imagery and rural life. His images are at once beautiful and raw, bringing with it the full force of nature's unbridled beauty and fearsome nature. Even the most beautiful images take on an aggressive persona, like the catalpa petals in "Remembering Precious Landscape, but with an Elegy in Mind" (page 9) that become "splayed."