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    Scars That Never Bled
    Scars That Never Bled
    Scars That Never Bled
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    Scars That Never Bled

    By Koji A. Dae

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    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein continues to haunt each generation. Although the story was written at the cusp of the industrial revolution, it continues to posit important questions about technology and humanity. In this book, Koji A. Dae uses poetry and tarot to explore some of the deeper questions within the classic Frankenstein archetypes. Join along to find pieces of yourself in the creature, the magician, Mary Shelley, the mother, god, nature, and the lovers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKoji A. Dae
    Release dateAug 12, 2020
    ISBN9786197588019
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      Book preview

      Scars That Never Bled - Koji A. Dae

      Scars

      That

      Never

      Bled

      an Exploration

      of Frankenstein

      in Poetry

      by Koji A. Dae

      Copyright Koji A. Dae August 9, 2020

      Scars that Never Bled

      Published with Paiyak Development

      Gabrovo, Bulgaria

      kojiadae.ink

      For Vaude ⁠— the inspiration for the first Frankenstein poem I wrote and another soul out there who understands what it's like to live in stitched together pieces.

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      The Creature

      made evil

      watching

      entitlement

      bride

      language

      Frankenstein

      graverobber

      found parts

      scars that never bled

      science

      Mary Shelley

      soul searching

      complicated

      written by a woman

      the weight women bear

      The Mother

      not a god

      of monsters and boys

      unplanned parenthood

      cinderella and the monster

      God

      free will

      pieces of me

      shunned consent

      life and death

      Nature

      driven to the push

      breathing avalanches

      for want of a friend

      versus nature

      The Lovers

      body

      a thrill of terror

      when science couldn't kill magic

      less than life, less than death

      About the Author

      Preface

      I never read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as a teenager. I never even watched the movies. Though it's one of the classics I always meant to read, it fell by the wayside to other novels until I was suddenly in my mid-thirties and much too old to read such a foundational book for the first time. Or so I thought.

      This year, I've

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