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"A Horrible Religious Error" might be the single most blackly hilarious poem I have read in a long while
— Oct 13, 2026 12:17AM
Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow

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This has a much stronger conceptual unity than all other of Hughes' poetry collections I have read so far, other than "Birthday Letters". To be specific, it is about the crow's archetypal role in various cultures and religions both as a messenger of death (hence between the worlds of gods and mortals) as well as a Trickster figure.

Some of the poems appear to be more about humans who embody the same archetype.
— Oct 11, 2026 10:17PM
Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow


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