Customer Reviews:

• "Emily Romano’s lyrical verse in Faeries Forever set me to thinking in meter and rhyme. So what better way to start a review of this imaginative and thoroughly charming chapbook than with a couplet from one these delightful poems?

          Fey faery faces peer from the glen…
          Faces forever appealing to men.

Fairies Forever takes us to Glen Hollow where we meet faeries with many faceted personalities, talents and foibles. These lilting poems introduce us to some very special faeries and provide insights into faery life and behavior. As we pull aside thick rushes, or peek through drifting willow branches, we discover faeries at play in this excerpt from “Fiddle”:

          Who could be absent when old Fiddle played
          Music to set your feet dancing?
          Lively tunes, lovely tunes, some of them made
          To set wee faeries romancing.

And in this one from “Faery Gamblers”:

          Camouflaged by a jumble of stones,
          Faeries at play are gambling with bones;
          Who is the one that has all the luck?
          Anyone knows it has to be Puck!

In Faeries Forever each of the faeries has a story to tell, as in this verse from the poem, “Flip”:

          Flip was a faery born to deceive;
          Silver of tongue, converts would believe
          All of his fables, be they so wild
          They should be doubted by a young child.

And from “Fleur’s Special Flower”:

          What would Glen Hollow be sans her finesse?
          Fleur was a faery whose tender caress
          Brought into flower upon each green bough
          Myriad blossoms; none ever knew how.

Many of the poems amuse with surprises and humor. Others, with the gentle imagery of “Snowflake Faeries,” invite us to enter the faery fold:

          Like the softly falling snow,
          Faeries float to earth below;
          Tiny footprints seen at dawn,
          Disappear into the lawn

Faeries Forever is a joy to read and to share - the perfect gift for anyone young at heart." - Margaret R. Smith, VA

• "The Introduction of Emily Romano’s new chapbook, Faeries Forever, carries its own poem with the same title, telling us that faeries live in glens, in stories, in art and poetry; that they are quick and clever, and that we can help them live forever. With her captivating, magical creatures, Romano portrays the nature of many types of faery folk, and in so doing, proceeds to immortalize them in her very own creative way.

In the poem A Faery Named Fern, we learn about faeries in the glen with this excerpt:

          Gossamer wings are folded tight
          To keep them safely out of sight.

In Night Visitors, the frolicking of faeries at play is beautifully captured in these final lines:

          Swinging on chandeliers, riding moonbeams
          Faeries are frolicking through all my dreams.

Figgin depicts human frailties with his drinking problems and desire to wed and stay at home. In the third of five stanzas we read:

          There at his door stood adorable Meg;
          She was a faery he wanted to wed;
          But in his state, it was useless to beg;
          All he now wanted was to go to bed.

In the beautifully rhymed poem Fee, we read:

          Hers was a pattern like delicate lace
          Over her shoulders, and tinting her face,
          Making it shine like a golden doubloon;
          Fee was a Faery as fair as the moon.

There are many other delightful poems in Faeries Forever that will tickle your funny bone, and enlighten your view of faery folk with human attributes and behaviors, and how they very uniquely portray them. There is one specific poem that I must quote from before closing, which seems like the best way to finish this review in the spirit of Romano’s enchanting book:

          Once at the rally I saw many sights:
          Faeries in royal dress, faeries in tights;
          Faeries who frolicked and faeries who flew,
          Some looked like me, and some looked just like you!

          (excerpt from Lost in the Glen)

~Review by Jan Turner, coauthor of Faery Folk & Fireflies.

•          "If you want to smile,
          Or laugh right out loud,
          Read Faeries Forever,
          You'll ride in the clouds...

I love Faeries Forever. In her introduction Emily includes a poem beginning with the lines, "Faeries that lived in the glen/Once more are living again." It is Emily who has given them life. Her perfect lines convince me that rhyme and rhythm are best for tales about faeries. I live in the land of the faery folk when I read her poems. Faeries Forever is musical and full of fancy. A joy to read. An easy remedy to pick up the spirits. Read each poem twice for best effect." - Carolyn Thomas