Dark Letter Days: Collected Works

by Lorin Morgan-Richards

Overview

Dark Letter Days by Lorin Morgan-Richards reveals 23 woeful poems and spoken word with illustration about life, death and what lies beyond the unknown.

Dark Letter Days derives from the ancient pastime of marking the calendar, as red letter days in times of happiness, and dark letter days: days in which we were sorrowful and sat in the shadows.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997319309
Publisher:	A Raven Above Press
Publication date:	03/31/2016
Pages:	56
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.15(d)

About the Author

Lorin Morgan-Richards (b.1975) is an author, poet and illustrator, known mostly for his children's books. Richards is also the Publisher of Celtic Family Magazine and has served as Executive Director of the Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival.

"Lorin Morgan-Richards charts the paths of weird clouds that pass far overhead and then maps the changes that their rain makes on the lives of people living below."-Dark in the Dark Magazine

"Lorin Morgan-Richards has a unique tone and style all his own, and the stories are told in a fashion that pulls the casual reader in with wonderful fancy and the magical quality of good story telling. The high quality illustrations are rendered in sharp crisp lines and add to the wonderment instilled by these fanciful tales."-Macabre Cadaver Magazine

Table of Contents

1. Someone Else's Mug 5
2. Love and Blue 7
3. Crabs of Coronado 9
4. Celestial Son 11
5. The isle of youth dramatic 13
6. Praise, Praise the Jazzing Damned 15
7. What good have I endured? 17
8. The Roundabout 21
9. Blue Run 23
10. That Black Book 25
11. I'm a lowly woodcutter 27
12. Fragile Hands 29
13. Alone 31
14. The Casual Voyeur of the Soul 33
15. Impatience and the burned out mind 35
16. The Boiling Shrimp 37
17. Shadows Allure 39
18. Chelsea Hotel: Vandalism and other changes removed 41
19. Jumping the Curb 43
20. Comforting a Dying Mantis 45
21. Buzz and Flutter 47
22. The Persistent Fly 49
23. Pendulum 51