eBOOK REVIEW - Warrior Poet

[Mike <gleason.mike@comcast.net>]

Warrior Poet – Musings of an Asatru Warrior  by  Robert Allard  ©
2009  eISBN:  WYRDWOOD-0014
30 pages	$4.99 (U.S.)  www.wyrdwoodpublications.com

Most Pagan poetry I have encountered has been aimed towards the
flowery aspects of the deities worshipped.  Mr. Allard’s verse does
not fit this categorization in any form.  It is warrior tales and
deserves a place in the mead hall and library.  There is only one
minor complaint I can find with it, and that is that the spelling is
inconsistent (as an example “tail” and “tale” are frequently used
inappropriately, and I suspect that there are more than few missing
“s” at the end of some words).

In spite of those minor difficulties, the tone and timbre of this
poetry feel authentic to me.  Granted that I am not an Asatru Warrior,
that doesn’t keep me from appreciating well-written heroic verse.

The poetry is written by a relative new-comer to the Asatru life.  It
will be interesting to see how his perspectives change as he lives
this life for a longer time.  I expect that they will show deepened
respect for the creed by which the Asatru live.

If you are a “grammar Nazi” (as I am, in many ways) you may not enjoy
this book because of the spelling errors, but if you can look beyond
that, and simply get into the spirit of the work, I think you will
find it enjoyable, and the price is certainly small enough.  On top of
that, Wyrdwood Publishing is a green-oriented business and sales of
their “Green Leaves” books support the planting of trees, which
benefits all of humanity.

Do yourself, and the planet, a favor, and get a copy of this book.