Review: Bard Song by Robin Herne
A lovely review of a very lovely book… if these splendid people are not part of your world… do take this opportunity to find out more…
Originally posted on From Peneverdant:
This review is long overdue. Coincidentally I was re-reading Bard Song with the intention of reviewing it at the time Robin published his recording of Gwynn���s Guest, dedicating it to me, which has spurred me along.
I���m not sure if I can give this book an objective review as I���ve owned it so long and like it so much. The pages are scored with under-linings. Against many of the poems are pencilled a���s, b���s and c���s from my attempts to decipher complex metres. The spine bends open on my favourite poems, which I return to frequently, have shared with my local Poetry Society and used as examples in Bardic workshops. But I���ll give it a go.
Robin Herne is a polytheist Druid based in Ipswich. Bard Song provides an introduction to reading and writing honorific and seasonal poetry (in English) in mainly Welsh and Irish metres. This fulfils an important���
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