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The mountains were wild forms, or monstrous shapeswhich towered above the moonlit lakeside roadforeign to me as the stars abovewhich were obscured by streetlights in my town.How I feared those dark foreboding heights!And even in the day, the scree could sendyou tumbling down the hillside like a doll:it was enough to keep me for a... Continue Reading →
Welcome to this hotly-anticipated poetry event, at which many of the contributors to The Anthropocene Hymnal will read their poems. I am holding the event as a way to mark the COP-26 climate conference in Glasgow. I dearly wish that I could be there to take part in some poetry-themed protesting! To join us online,... Continue Reading →
I have just finished reading Woman: Splendor and Sorrow, the second poetry and short prose collection from the exceptionally talented Gabriela Marie Milton. It is no word of a lie to say that the book transported me, to a world, not only of the senses, but to the association of those senses with all that... Continue Reading →
Thank you to editor Gabriela Marie Milton for publishing my poem at MasticadoresUSA today. I am truly grateful for the support and encouragement Gabriela has shown me during my time writing poetry on WordPress. I know that Gabriela is very busy professionally, but she always takes the time to offer kind words of support to... Continue Reading →
We come from a land down-underWhere men eat green pumpkin and cucumberOur bayside town is called Sleepy HollowWhere the nights are too quiet for owls and swallowsHere, Halloween spirits live beyond the outer limitsAnd are only allowed to visit at sunset's dying minutes During the full moon’s twilight zoneWe drink goanna juice from orange conesAnd... Continue Reading →
Chill winds, dead leaves, as they dress up pretendChildren running, they scamper door to doorWithout a thought of how their lives will endMaking merry, laughter the dead abhor The veil is thinning between us and themSweet treats, full moon will call the dead to riseEvery child who mocks them hears death’s grim hymnPlayed out in... Continue Reading →
Bright rainbow hues have faded now away;I waken in a world of cheerless grey.Accursed, I walk beside a stinking seawhere once the dolphins came to swim with me.From heights, I view the valley that was home,a city veiled in haze, a silent tomb.At night, bereft beneath a blackened sky,I seek in vain the twinkling stars... Continue Reading →
The candle flickers and dances with flowing grace.And is that wind that shakes the panes?My eyes close and I can see your pallid face.Bright, now dark, blood, once flowed through your silent veins. The cold hand that used to caress with longing desire.Touches my neck and my very soul a'shivers.An eternal flame not quenched by... Continue Reading →
Come midnight hour of Halloween, lightbright candles against the creatures unseen,until the veil between the worlds cracks slight--then ghosts, ghouls, fairies gather to convene. The Fairy Queen rides to collect your soul,or leaves a body in your place, a traceof magic in the air. But ghouls take all--eat heart and face, leave nothing to embrace.... Continue Reading →
Dark, secluded mournful placeNo one comes here to show their faceFor this is where the cold dead must stayEven on the sunniest day.So we celebrate this? Put up your lanternsPumpkins, cobwebs and fake phantomsDo we really think it's fun?Ask yourself what have we done? Are they all props to hide our sins?November the 1st, put it... Continue Reading →
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