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[El Borak's Li'l Brother]

I have been privileged to read some of Howard's poetry. He certainly had a talent for it. I'm wondering if anyone else feels the same, and what you're thoughts might be on a possible book of Howard's poetry. I personally would love to see one, would snap it up.

[Ironhand]

If you look hard, you'll find a series of posts on this site, by Kane, in which he posts a lot of Howard poems.

[Kane]

If you look hard, you'll find a series of posts on this site, by Kane, in which he posts a lot of Howard poems.

Thanks for the refrence. I think I may add some little peice to that thread, so it can get back to the first page.

[El Borak's Li'l Brother]

Eep. I apologize for not checking other topics thoroughly before posting this. Thank you Ironhand and Kane, and thank you, too, Kane for the Howard poetry.

[Kane]

Not a problem.

Glad to hear that you enjoyed the poetry.

Of the ones that I have posted, which do you like the best?

[Shrews]

WILES OF A WOMAN
Robert E. Howard

Many broken kings, drifting among the debris

Among the ruins of all the unborn

My vassals lie cold and still

Treachery, and the wiles of a woman

coiled about my soul

[Isaacson]

Hi Shrews.

... Shrews Posted:


>WILES OF A WOMAN
Robert E. Howard ...

- Close, but no cigar there matey, LOL.
This isn't an REH poem, but one of the excerpts taken from the REH
yarn collective "The Sowers of Thunder". Being wrought to his own devices, by REH scholar Dr. Charles Gramlich, for his REHupa essay "Robert E Howard: Found Poems".

The piece can be found here, at the REHupa site ...

- http://www.rehupa.co...mlich_poems.htm .


All the best, Danny.

[Shrews]

OK, technically...yeah...but he still wrote all the words

I suggest folks get ALONG COME EVENING...a book of Howards poems.

[Kane]

I was informed of the following link by Issacson, thanks again.
It is the webpage for a group called "Mad Minstrel".
A group whos songs are based on, and uses, the poems of REH.

"Mad Minstrel"

[Isaacson]

Hi.

Re: French Rock band "Mad Minstrel".

Just to add to Kane's post: After checking out the site, if anyone has any genuine, associated questions regarding the band's music, why not email "Jerome Chaboseau" at the address given? He's a nice guy and I'm sure he'll appreciate polite feedback from fellow fans of REH/Conan.

Cheers, Danny.

[CeltIberian]

Hey Kane have you ever heard of the collection of Robert E Howard's poems in a print called (Night Images)?

If so can you tell me anything about this print?

Thanks for your time.

[Kane]

Must admit that I have not heared of that book.

As time permits I'll have to try and see if it can be found anywhere on the 'net. If anyone comes up with info before me, feel free to post here.

[Isaacson]

Hi.


From the excellent "Howard Works" website ...

http://howardworks.i....com/images.htm



Night Images.


Publisher : The Morning Star Press.
Year of publishing : 1977.
Edition : 1st.
Format : HB with dj.
Pages : 103.
Cover art : Frank Frazetta.
Illustrations : Richard Corben.

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Contents.


- "Foreword" by John Poscik.

- "Echoes From An Anvil: The Poetry of Robert E. Howard" by Armand Eisen.


- Of Dreams and Visions:

"The King and the Oak".
"The Cats of Anubis".
"Musings".
"No More Serpent Prow".
"Haunting Columns".
"Black Dawn".
"Visions".
"Echoes From an Anvil".
"Altars and Jesters".
"The Ghost King".


- Songs of Longing and of Love:

"Egypt".
"The Heart of the Sea's Desire".
"The Day Breaks Over Simula".
"The Tide"
"A Song Out of the East".
"Tiger Girl".
"The Sea Girl".


- Songs of War and Warriors:

"A Thousand Years Ago".
"The Gold and the Grey".
"Marching Song of Connacht".
"Black Harps in the Hills".
"The Legacy of Tubal-Cain".
"Victory".
"Viking's Trail".
"The Phoenix on the Sword".
"Kings of the Night".
"The King and the Mallet".
"Song Before Clontarf".
"To Harry the Oliad Men".
"And Beowulf Rides Again".


- Songs From The World:

"Always Comes Evening".
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming".
"The Master-Drum".
"The Kiowa's Tale".
"Flight".
"Adventure".
"The Song of the Jackal".
"Empire".
"Singing Hemp".
"Days of Glory".
"Mark of the Beast".
"The Road to Rome".
"Roar, Silver Trumpets".
"The King of the Ages Comes".
"The Jackal".
"The Campus at Midnight".
"When the Gods Were Kings".


- Songs of Death:

"Oh Babylon, Lost Babylon".
"A Word from the Outer Dark".
"Age".
"Swamp Murder".
"To a Friend".
"The Dead Slaver's Tale".
"A Buccaneer Speaks".
"Hope Empty of Meaning".
"Hopes of Dreams".




Cheers, Danny.

[Kane]

Thanks for the info and list of poems included.

[Isaacson]

Hi Kane and all.

No worries there Gerald, you're welcome Sir.

If any of you haven't already done so, why not check-out the "Howard Works" (The Works of Robert E Howard) site.

http://howardworks.i....com/howard.htm

It's a good, very useful reference place, as it lists the majority of the Howard books, Mags and small-Press publications etc, including the Poetry vols, their details and some cover illustrations.


Cheers, Danny.

[TOMV9]

Hi All

Just adding my 2 cents. If you look at the Wandering Star web site it gives a hint of upcoming books, and one is "The Poetry of Robert E. Howard". I've been collecting REH for a lot of years and I have a few volumes of his poetry.

Always Comes Evening
Singers in the Shadows
Shadows of Dreams
Etchings in Ivory
Rhymes of Death

There is another, "Night Images" as stated in an earlier post, but I have not been able to find one to add to my collection.....yet.

[Orkin]

I was informed of the following link by Issacson, thanks again.
It is the webpage for a group called "Mad Minstrel".
A group whos songs are based on, and uses, the poems of REH.

"Mad Minstrel"

Tres cool! Do they have (or need to have) permission to make the poems into songs?

[mbrown2112]

Hey everyone,

I skimmed through the post regarding ReH's poetry (so I hope I'm not repeating something that's already been discussed ) and it inspired me to register with the forum and write this post.

I'm just finishing the "The Conan Chronicles Volume 2 The Hour of the Dragon" and I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed the poetry snippets that preface the chapters in stories like "The Phoenix on the Sword" and "The Hour of the Dragon". If I had the books with me I'd post some of the key phrases, but I don't Regardless, they are simply awesome. I don't know how to best decribe poetry, but the tapestry he paints with his words, and the flow of the verse is fantastic. I highly recommend everyone re-visit a few of these stories and re-read these poems.

Out of curiosity, is there a proper term for those little poetry snippets that preface a chapter?

Matt

[Jery]

I've read just right now the REH's poetry cited in this forum by Kane . I must say, that it really impressed me. I don't know the terms - thanks to Crom, I'm no more at school! But you can see, Howard is also a master in poetry. You will agree with me as a men, Matt: there is no much poetry, that interest and impress the men.

[Strom]

I wasn't sure where to post this poetic tribute to Robert E. Howard by R.H. Barlow. This is the tale as told by Karl Edward Wagner:
Note: The Eyrie was Weird Tales letters page

Red Nails ran in the July, August-September and October 1936 issues of Weird Tales.  Howard's suicide was on June 11 of the same year, and the August-September issue carried the notice of his death.  The Eyrie reflected the readers' admiration for Howard and their stunned sense of loss at his death - even as the final Conan tale thundered on to its gory conclusion.
Red Nails ended halfway down the page.  the remaining space of Weird Tales, page 535, bore a sonnet:  REH, by the gifted R.H. Barlow:

          "And as of mythic kings our words must speak
        Of Conan now, who roves where dreamers seek."

"Red Nails" Berkley Publishing Karl Edward Wagner 1977

Long lives the King!!!!