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Robert Burns

31 Saturday May 2014

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Robert Burns – On seeing a wounded Hare limp by me, which a Fellow had just shot at

Inhuman man! curse on thy barbarous act,
And blasted be thy murder-aiming eye;
May never pity sooth thee with a sigh,
Nor ever pleasure glad thy cruel heart!

Go live, poor wanderer of the wood and field!
The bitter little that of life remains:
No more the thickening brakes and verdant plains
To thee shall home, or food, or pastime yield.

Seek, mangled wretch, some place of wonted rest,
No more of rest, but now thy dying bed!
The sheltering rushes whistling o’er thy head,
The cold earth with thy bloody bosom prest.

Oft as winding Nith, I, musing, wait
The sober eve, or hail the cheerful dawn,
I’ll miss thee sporting o’er the dewy lawn,
And curse the ruffian’s aim, and mourn thy hapless fate .

On Seeing a Wounded Hare Limp by me, which a Fellow Had just Shot at’ is based on fact, with Burns writing about his experience seeing a hare shot and cursing the person who shot him.

Burns talks about his respect for the hare, and regrets the loss of life, “I’ll miss thee sporting o’er the dewy lawn,/And curse the ruffian’s aim, and mourn thy hapless fate.” He clearly believes it’s a life lost in vain.

He is clearly angry that humanity has killed the innocence of an animal, “Inhuman man! Curse on thy barbarous act,”… “Go live, poor wanderer of the wood and field!”
Like Burns, Denny Bradbury writes of the dangers that face hares, in her poem in support of the Hare preservation trust, ‘Ballad of Running Hare!’

Bradbury’s poem could be seen as representing the life of someone fleeing war – “she runs to save her life from all that would be cruel!/she runs to stop her life being over far too soon!/born into a world where there is no redress!”

Bradbury’s hare clearly lives a life of fear as she tries to stay alive in her world full of peril – “born into danger where dark stalks with light!”

It’s a story of a mother trying to protect her children from the cruelties of the world, before she sadly dies in her attempts to protect them “the babies stay living for one more day!/both mother and father died in the affray!/they submit to the order today!”

Ballad of Running Hare!

she runs to save her life from all that would be cruel!
she runs to stop her life being over far too soon!
born into a world where there is no redress!
born into the field where beasts set her tests!
she submits to the order around!

she runs to take cover and lead them astray!
she runs to seek help from those who betray!
born into a world are her leverets bright!
born into danger where dark stalks with light!
they submit to the order around!

her expectations take on mortal fear!
her eyes and her ears ever wary and keen!
her stillness belies the intense need to rear!
yet another small group of the vulnerable pups!
she submits to the order around!

her mate is as keen to keep hopes alive!
he runs and protects them so dies as he tries!
the babies stay living for just one more day!
both mother and father died in the affray!
they submit to the order today!

Take a look at the front cover of Borvo

09 Saturday Jul 2011

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Anglo Saxon Tales, Childhood to manhood., New Book, New Book Cover

The front cover of Denny Bradbury’s “Borvo” has finally been unveiled. 

The Anglo Saxon tale details the transformation of a pagan boy turning into a man and the decisions he must make along the way. 

Denny Bradbury on her new cover:
“On choosing a new cover, I obviously wanted something visually pleasing to the eye, but didn’t want to give too much away at the same time.  Nature and trees were sacred during the pagan era, so it seemed very fitting to have an image of a stylised oak tree for the front cover.  Originally I did toy with the idea of having an image of Borvo or King Alfred, but I didn’t want to cement the image of the characters into people’s minds, I’d much prefer for people to read the novel and indulge in their own imaginations. 

The colour scheme for the cover is very simple, blue and black.  The blue is a symbol of water.  I use water as a device throughout my novels.  The black, along with the image of a tree represents a journey from childhood to adult hood.  It’s about what you learn on that journey, which is a revelation we all go through in life at one point or another.

Originally, I had the option to have a shaded figure praising the tree, however I opted to take it out, it just didn’t seem right and so I went with my gut instinct and stuck with the simple yet striking shape of nature.”

To pre-order your copy please email: denisebradbury@btinternet.com.

Bram Stoker wins our latest readers poll

08 Wednesday Jun 2011

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Bram Stoker, Dracula, James Herbert, Mary Shelley, Stephen King

Bram Stoker is the best ever horror writer.

That’s according to our recent poll which saw the author of Dracula scooping 60 per-cent of the vote.

Stephen King was second with a 20 per-cent share of the poll.

 James Herbert and Mary Shelley both received 10 per-cent of the vote.

Watch the exclusive new ‘Borvo’ trailer

01 Wednesday Jun 2011

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Books, Borvo, Christianity, Church, fiction, New Book, pagan, reading, Writing

Denny Bradbury’s new book ‘Borvo’ is nearly ready to hit your local book shop, but if you want to be the first to own a copy then email denisebradbury@btinternet.com

Bloomsbury reports big rise in e-book sales

27 Friday May 2011

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Bloomsbury, Denny Bradbury, denny bradbury books, ebooks, Harry Potter

The publisher of the Harry Potter books has recorded a massive jump in the sales of e-books.

Bloomsbury reports it sold 1-point-1 million pounds’ worth of electronic literature in the first three months of this year.

That’s compared to 1-point-5 million for the whole of 2010.

The majority of those sales were in America but the company says demand is increasing in the UK.

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