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The Locked Library: The Book of Witches by Jonathan Strahan

The Locked Library: The Book of Witches by Jonathan Strahan

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>Witches opens with Linda Addison’s poem “Seed of Power.” It’s an important choice because on the one hand, it lets the reader know that this book also features poetry; on the other, simply put, it’s excellent, so it sets the tone for the rest of the book. Shaped like a seed or a bulb the shape of the poem itself evokes traditional imagery of the feminine. While evoking that traditional imagery, the text simultaneously embodies and challenges ideas of the feminine. The shape reflects the challenges of the ideas born from the text, smiling warmly while drawing the reader towards realizations about their own assumptions. The phrases, the lines, they are great; but collected together as a poem, they become both powerful and empowering. This message is artistic, beautiful, but still lucid: people have the right and the ability to define themselves, and attempts to seek control by defining them are foolish. The final note of the poem expands on all the ideas set forward beforehand, to allow for things that are beyond the scope of the shape. In other words, it suggests infinite possibilities. And rightly so.

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