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Fortune's Lover: A Book of Tarot Poems Paperback – May 5, 2009

by Rachel Pollack (Author)

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Poetry. The Early Renaissance game of Tarot inspired poetry centuries before it was used for fortune telling. The poems in FORTUNE'S LOVER do not explain the Tarot so much as spin off from it. These poems are infused with a wisdom based not so much in finding the right answers as in asking the right questions. Rachel Pollack is the author of thirty books of fiction and non-fiction, which have been published in fourteen languages, including: 78 Degrees of Wisdom, The Body of the Goddess, and Tarot of Perfection. Her books have won the World Fantasy Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the COVR Award. She is also a visual artist, the creator of The Shining Tribe Tarot. She teaches in the MFA program at Goddard College.

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48 pages
Language

English
Publisher

A Midsummer Night's Press
Publication date

May 5, 2009
Dimensions

4 x 0.2 x 5.6 inches
ISBN-10

0979420849
ISBN-13

978-0979420849
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About the Author

Rachel Pollack is the author of thirty books of fiction and non-fiction, which have been published in fourteen languages, including: 78 Degrees of Wisdom, The Body of the Goddess, and Tarot Of Perfection. Her books have won the World Fantasy Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the COVR Award. She is also a visual artist, the creator of The Shining Tribe Tarot. She teaches in the MFA program at Goddard College.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ A Midsummer Night's Press (May 5, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0979420849
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0979420849
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4 x 0.2 x 5.6 inches

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Vicky S.

Nice little book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 21, 2021

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I'm glad I got this book has helped me to improve my tarot poetry writing.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 4, 2014

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It sounds perfect - tarot and poetry, two of my favorite things! But the first thing I said when I first picked up out of the box was "This is it? I feel gypped!" Because, for almost $10, this is a book about the size of my hand and less than fifty pages. This is probably better suited to be a chapbook than an actual collection of poetry. However, just from flipping through, it does feel as if this tiny book holds more wisdom than you should think and I'm sure it is one whose pages I will be flipping often. But the price for the size has me dissatisfied as a low-income customer - my sole consolation as far as that is concerned is in the hopes that most of that money goes directly towards the author.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 4, 2009

A small book that slips easily into the pocket, Fortune's Lover will be treasured by poetry lovers, tarotists, and aficionados of Rachel Pollack's previous work. Speaking in a wise, gentle voice, Pollack in her poems reveals a life steeped in tarot lore. The poems themselves are evocative meditations on trumps chosen from a variety of decks. Each poetic gem glitters with facets of Kabbalistic lore, folk tale and fairytale, magic and mythology, and all are imbued with the psychological insight and humor characteristic of her books. If poetry, to quote Coleridge, is "the best words, in the best order", then Pollack's simple, laid back yet sophisticated verse ranks high. This fine little book leaves one yearning for more.

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