Count Edweird Lefang's Rhymin' Halloween: Selected Font - Softcover

Morales, Eddie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1938094018 ISBN 13: 9781938094019

Publisher: Eddie\Morales, 2012

Synopsis

If you are looking for the definitive book on Halloween poetry while at the same time looking for examples of the various rhyming forms that exist in any time period, then this is the book for you. It has many of the characters of horror, many of the rhyming forms, and all made fun by the author’s expertise on the subject of poetry, and his knowledge of the two makes for a wonderful read. Once you start reading Count Edweird Lefang's Rhymin' Halloween you will not be able to put it down, and once you finish reading it you will want to read it over and over again.It is a rousing lyrical combination of Halloween and poetry, both in form and subject. Sonnet, villanelle, rhyming sestina, rondeau redoublé, limerick, roundel, rhyming haiku, Pantoum, Terza Rima, and ballad, among others, are fair game, and they get coupled with the characters of horror films. And the poems’ titles are just as much fun as the verses themselves, such as, “A Triolet to a Vampire’s Immortality,” “A Douzet from the Werewolf,” and “Ode to My Ghoulfriend.” Some poems are funny, some are creepy, and some are sad, but all of them share an intensity and earnestness that demonstrate the author’s respect for the poem as a form of art used to convey story, emotion, and ideas. It is also a viable teaching tool as well, which allows the student of poetry to learn about the different rhyming forms in a manner more conducive to experimentation of the forms. Inside, the poems are printed in a Gothic font, which may inspire the reader to recite the poems aloud, as poems are meant to be read, and either shout them in mournful tones, if a ghost or Frankenstein’s monster happens to be the narrator.

About this title

About the Author

Eddie Morales started writing poetry in High School, where he was fi rst introduced to the works of Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, and Edna St. Vincent Millay, his three favorite poets today, forty years later. In between then and ten years ago, a span of thirty years, he saw a great decline in the area of rhyming poetry. No one rhymed anymore. Today, the beautiful art of rhyme is practically non-existent. Some established poets still rhyme, but you rarely see the works in print. Twelve years ago, Morales attended his fi rst convention, and he was hooked forever on poetry. Although the poems presented were free verse, he listened carefully as he heard many of the poets attending, year after year, express concerns in regards to rhyming poetry. The public clamored for rhyming poetry, but the established poets were not forthcoming. This presented a great opportunity for change, and there was hope for the return of rhyming poetry. And so, a few years ago, Morales published his fi rst book, A Reason For Rhyme, and later published, The Suicide Sonnets. In his third book of poetry, presented here, Count Edweird Lefang's Rhymin' Halloween, Morales combines the art of rhyme, utilizing the numerous rhyming forms used by famous poets of the past and present, with humorous and serious fl air that teachers and students as well as the public can all enjoy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eddie\Morales
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1938094018
• ISBN 13: 9781938094019
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112