The leaves are the ghostshaunting the winterlong shadows,trees are the hostshiding time in theirfissures, burrows and hollows. Come to me … More
Tag: ghosts
darkness light
If only you couldbleed like meto fall to piecesinside outand by the prickingof my thumbsI hide awaya life undone. Let … More
hallow (an all hallows study- the final hour)
On the eve of All Hallows comes my final darkly seasonal offering to appease the restless ghosts. . . . … More
host (an all hallows study)
the leaves are the ghostshaunting the winterlong shadowstrees are the hostshiding time in their fissures and hollows. © Emma Calder
the thinning veil (an all hallows study)
Shadows shed their sloughing skinrevealingdarker lightnew moon flightacross a sky concealing, Figures dancing motionlessclawinggrasping thornsreaching throughthe sheer and thinning veil, … More
hearing voices (an all hallows study)
(an all hallows study) My earth is filledwith fines of dustthe casket handlesgleam to rust… sit and miss mewithering,sit and … More
reclamation (an all hallows study)
(an all hallows study) If I die youngbury me in satinplease say onlygood things about medon’t let my lossbe all … More
bring me back to life
(for Halloween) bring me back to lifecover me in skinconjure me from dustlayers upon layers thin colour me in blood … More
Withered hearts
Withered hearts etch their wounds indelible and worn, terrible they scorn, with bitterness they bring their harsh caress to sting. … More