The Blood of Words

"The Blood of Words", by author Shane Stone, is a compelling collection of poems dealing with a range of universal themes and human emotions. Stone’s free verse conveys, alternately, a strong sense of sorrow, longing, despair, and wonder. Written with elegance and craftsmanship, the language reflect......more

A really interesting collection of poems. I bought this book because it intrigued me. When I saw the cover of The Blood of Words, by Shane Stone, I imagined something completely different from what I found. Then, when I read the brief description, my imagination went somewhere else entirely. It was p......more

The Blood of Words by Shane Stone is a collection of poems from thirty years of writing. The poetry speaks to many topics, from spirituality, morality, and religion, to loneliness, isolation, heartbreak, and difficult subject matter, including suicide. I found the writing to be dramatic and impactfu......more

The Blood of Words by Shane Stone is a collection of poems inspired by John Milton’s Paradise Lost and the works of Aldous Huxley, Stephen King, and William Shakespeare. This intriguing book represents roughly thirty years of writing from the author, with close to 200 pages, entirely consisting of p......more

The Blood of Words, by Shane Stone, is a collection of poems with topics inspired by great writers and novels throughout the span of the author's 30 years. The author has written more than 50 poems with a wide array of topics from paradise, love (of different kinds), dedications for his daughter, de......more