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Title: The Comfort of Crows
Post by: AlanSummers on December 31, 2019, 04:16:38 PM
The Comfort of Crows
Hifsa Ashraf and Alan Summers
(Velvet Dusk Publishing, December 2019)
https://www.velvetduskpublishing.com/uploads/3/7/5/9/37595991/the_comfort_of_crows_ebook.pdf

https://www.velvetduskpublishing.com

https://area17.blogspot.com/2019/12/end-of-year-comfort-of-crows-haiku.html




Title: Re: The Comfort of Crows
Post by: Seaview (Marion Clarke) on January 19, 2020, 07:23:43 AM
Exquisite writing. Well done to both of you.

marion
Title: Re: The Comfort of Crows
Post by: AlanSummers on January 21, 2020, 06:53:27 AM
It was a year and a half of close collaboration, so that we became incredibly in sync. Even the publisher could not tell always who wrote which poem.

A very rewarding partnership and just proves that a lot of hard toil and sweat and focus pays off!  8)

Alan Summers
Title: Re: The Comfort of Crows
Post by: Seaview (Marion Clarke) on January 22, 2020, 05:34:10 AM
Quote from: AlanSummers on January 21, 2020, 06:53:27 AM
It was a year and a half of close collaboration, so that we became incredibly in sync. Even the publisher could not tell always who wrote which poem.

A very rewarding partnership and just proves that a lot of hard toil and sweat and focus pays off!  8)

Alan Summers

Oddly enough, I was trying to guess which of you had written certain poems — almost impossible ... although I already knew "comfort of crows", of course!  :)

marion
Title: Re: The Comfort of Crows
Post by: AlanSummers on January 22, 2020, 11:32:07 AM
Great!  :D

Yes, the collaboration over 18 months or more, though various versions and different poems meant the styles converged. I think Vanessa Proctor said it was a similar experience for her collaboration too!  8)

warm regards,
Alan

Quote from: Seaview on January 22, 2020, 05:34:10 AM
Quote from: AlanSummers on January 21, 2020, 06:53:27 AM
It was a year and a half of close collaboration, so that we became incredibly in sync. Even the publisher could not tell always who wrote which poem.

A very rewarding partnership and just proves that a lot of hard toil and sweat and focus pays off!  8)

Alan Summers

Oddly enough, I was trying to guess which of you had written certain poems — almost impossible ... although I already knew "comfort of crows", of course!  :)

marion
Title: Re: The Comfort of Crows
Post by: flowerfox on January 29, 2020, 12:21:17 AM
Thankyou for posting this, Alan, I'll be reading later today.