. . . Unquenched, unquenchable, Around, within, thy heart shall dwell; Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell! But first, on earth as vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent:… Read More ›
Halloween poems
“Ainigmata” by Barry Eric Odell Pain
I wanted the sweep of the wild wet weather, The wind’s long lash and the rain’s free fall, The toss of the trees as they swayed together, The measureless grey that was over them all; Whose roar speaks more than… Read More ›
“Haunted Seas” by Cale Young Rice
A gleaming glassy ocean Under a sky of grey; A tide that dreams of motion, Or moves, as the dead may; A bird that dips and wavers Over lone waters round, Then with a cry that quavers Is gone—a spectral… Read More ›