{"id":2274,"date":"2009-02-04T00:26:23","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T04:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2009-02-04T00:28:36","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T04:28:36","slug":"2274","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/04\/2274\/","title":{"rendered":"The Child Of A Full Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beyond<\/a>I was not previously aware that Guy Gavriel Kay<\/a> had “made his mark” as a poet before becoming a novelist. I can perhaps be excused for this, since my awareness of Kay started when I read his first novel<\/a> (at age 11 or 12). To me, therefore, he’s a novelist, and one that I tend to automatically buy when he releases a new novel.<\/p>\n

Yet, while browsing in the bookstore the other day, I found myself looking at Beyond The Dark House<\/a>, a slim volume of Kay’s poetry. I had to pick it up, of course, just to see.<\/p>\n

I have no opinion yet, since this kind of thing is best approached over time, and with reflection. If you want a review, try this short one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead of a review, let me offer one selection that captured my eye on the first cursory pass through:<\/p>\n

Various Things<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am the child of a full eclipse.
\nWhen I was born the sun
\nwas blocked by the moon.
\nI have a propensity for alleyways.<\/p>\n

The women I have allowed myself to
\nlove have been uniformly dark.
\nOne night a girl asked me to hurt her.<\/p>\n

Later, I went down into the street.
\nLong before dawn. The city very cold.
\nNo moon. Stars hard and far. A solitary
\ndrunk approached me, singing
\nto himself. I let him pass.<\/p>\n

I have never kept a job
\nfor more than half a year.
\nVarious things. I am not
\nparticularly responsible.<\/p>\n

Now that winter is coming
\nI am more content than at other times.
\nIn summer I would not have let him go.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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