{"product_id":"lothlorien-poetry-journal-volume-25","title":"Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 25","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 25 Ð Crows in Boots Walking. Lothlorien Poetry Journal is a contemporary literary journal featuring free verse\/rhyming\/experimental poetry, short stories and flash fiction. Journey with these 75 superb poets and fiction authors on the road, walking with crows and immerse yourself in poems and stories that linger and haunt. Discover sublime works of fantasy, fairy tale and folklore, dreams and dystopia, nature and magical realism with romance and anything hiding deep in-between the cracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eÒNot cry. Fly.\u003cbr\u003e\nÒI canÕt fly,Ó Bran said. ÒI canÕt, I canÕtÉÓ\u003cbr\u003e\nHow do you know? Have you ever tried?\u003cbr\u003e\nThe voice was high and thin. Bran looked around to see where it was coming from. A crow was spiraling down with him, just out of touch, following him as he fell. ÒHelp me,Ó he said.\u003cbr\u003e\nIÕm trying, the crow repliedÉ\u003cbr\u003e\nThe crow took to the air and flapped around BranÕs hand.\u003cbr\u003e\nÒYou have wings,Ó Bran pointed out.\u003cbr\u003e\nMaybe you do too.\u003cbr\u003e\nBran felt along his shoulders, groping for feathers.\u003cbr\u003e\nThere are different kinds of wings, the crow saidÉ\u003cbr\u003e\nBran was falling faster than ever. The grey mists howled around him as he plunged toward the earth below. ÒWhat are you doing to me?Ó he asked the crow, tearful.\u003cbr\u003e\nTeaching you how to fly.\u003cbr\u003e\nÒI canÕt fly!Ó\u003cbr\u003e\nYouÕre flying right now.\u003cbr\u003e\nÒIÕm falling!Ó\u003cbr\u003e\nEvery flight begins with a fall, the crow said. Look down.Ó\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e_ George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eÒOn a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn eveningÓ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e_ Bash_\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeople once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e-James O'Barr\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat thou art blamed shall not be thy defect,\u003cbr\u003e\nFor slander's mark was ever yet the fair;\u003cbr\u003e\nThe ornament of beauty is suspect,\u003cbr\u003e\nA crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eCrows donÕt take from you,Ó Dean said. ÒThey give your soul wings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaitlin Kittredge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e-Robert Frost\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44231814742177,"sku":"9781446713150","price":39.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/rmdrjqy-front-shortedge-384_61e20015-dc7e-4aa0-8b1a-e5d4a8b734dd.jpg?v=1718404377","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/lothlorien-poetry-journal-volume-25","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}