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    The Poppy in the Black of the Gothic Night
    The Poppy in the Black of the Gothic Night
    The Poppy in the Black of the Gothic Night
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    The Poppy in the Black of the Gothic Night

    By K.B. Ludlow

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    The poems in The Poppy in the Black of the Gothic Night take the reader through a journey into a dark, surreal and romantic world, where war and disease are constant companions.
    This collection immerses the reader in a strange reality where minutes can turn into hours and Death itself appears in a variety of personas.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley Publishers
    Release dateJun 30, 2021
    ISBN9781398402034
    The Poppy in the Black of the Gothic Night
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    K.B. Ludlow

    K.B. Ludlow writes stories and poems. The Poppy in the Black of the Gothic Night is a collection of poems that can be best described as going on a journey through the surreal, the dark, the martial and the romantic. He enjoys words and reading poets. Two of his favourites are Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as Keats, Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. K.B. Ludlow writes in South Australia – his favourite place to live!

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