List: The wraith's complaining mouth

These items are amongst those recently collected together with a gothic feel to them. There are others in this particular collection which are not posted on AP. The whole was prepared for publication a while ago.

• The Marseilles Diligence

  On board the Marseilles Diligence
  my love and I did ride

  52 lines, 18 comments, on May 31 11:56 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Weird, Dark
• Willow

  Between the fall of night and creeping dawn,
  I wandered in a rustling osier grove.

  25 lines, 13 comments, on Feb 3 6:31 AM 2006. In Dark
• Across the wild moor to the wilder mere

  Across the wild moor to the wilder mere
  I saw the pony-riders come a-charging

  58 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 4 1:20 AM 2006. In Fantasy
• Once upon a cold moon

  Once upon a cold moon
  The statues in the castle garden danced

  64 lines, 19 comments, on Feb 4 1:26 AM 2006. In Fantasy
• Poisoned blood

  I see that you are dying
  For you have drunk poisoned blood.

  40 lines, 13 comments, on Feb 4 3:07 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Weird, Dark
• The Elf-maiden

  Gliding as though on slippers made from moonbeams,
  All gowned in forest-green and subtly-threaded gold,

  44 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 5 12:38 AM 2006. In Fantasy
• Poem for a pagan friend

  The cold Olympians may have slept
  Since all their temples fell

  18 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 8 12:43 AM 2006. In Spiritual, Love
• In the underworld

  What do I know of spring in my gloomy realm?
  I only know that Persephone is gone

  40 lines, 30 comments, on Feb 8 7:34 AM 2006. In Weird, Sad, Dark
• Desdichada (d'apres Gerard de Nerval)

  I am the shadowy one, the widow, the unconsoled
  The princess of Aquitaine in the overthrown tower

  47 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 11 1:38 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Weird, Sad
• Sonnet to the Pole Star

  I see you shining, constant in my sky,

  23 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 12 5:29 AM 2006. In Love
• Come bathe with me by candle-light

  Thou art desire, thou art delight

  16 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 14 4:34 PM 2006. In Erotica
• Why winter came to the glen

  “She sat upon her rock in moonlight grey ~

  22 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 16 12:22 PM 2006. In Fantasy, Sad
• The Moon Pool

  On a particular night the obscure stillness of an Appalachian valley was broken by a simple howl.

  435 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 17 2:09 AM 2006. In Other
• A mind witch of the first degree

  
  I was once a word-witch of the fourth degree,

  85 lines, 13 comments, on Feb 26 6:45 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Weird, Erotica
• Destiny

  The spinners measure out and cut the thread,

  32 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 2 10:48 AM 2006. In Personal, Dark
• Tramontane mystery

  A rider from across the mountains came
  To seek an entry though the hour was late

  23 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 10 10:41 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Weird
• After the full moon

  Last night the springtime moon was round and full
  And I could see her eyes were drawn to it

  22 lines, 23 comments, on Mar 16 11:46 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Love
• Cleopatra

  When I had sprung awake on Misr’s shore
  From sleep that had been cradled by the Nile

  20 lines, 44 comments, on Mar 23 12:40 PM 2006. In Other
• Our camp fire

  The horses are restless - there's fear on the breeze,
  As though a fierce tiger was haunting the trees.

  32 lines, 19 comments, on May 4 11:07 PM 2006. In Fantasy, Personal, Love
• Una nox dormienda

  Beneath a blank, gun-metal sky
  We lay asleep, my love and I.

  29 lines, 20 comments, on May 19 11:04 PM 2006. In Weird, Sad, Dark
• Blodeuwedd

  Grey lady haunting night-time as an owl
  You scowl at settling rime

  21 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 3 9:09 AM 2006. In Fantasy
• Vignette - The Templar at the barrow

  I reined my weary steed, while creeping dusk
  Began to shadow-stalk the barrow’s side

  40 lines, 25 comments, on Jun 6 7:30 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Weird, Dark
• Vignette - at Callanish

  I came at last up to the place of stone,
  Just at the very turning of the year

  22 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 14 4:22 PM 2006. In Fantasy, Weird, Dark
• The golden realm

  Can you recall a castle made of sand
  That stood – so monumental – yesterday?

  22 lines, 18 comments, on Jun 17 10:43 AM 2006. In Sad, Personal
• Nefertiti

  As mist along the Nile the whisper blows.
  The plaintive flute, the heartbeat throb of drum

  23 lines, 14 comments, on Jun 25 5:18 AM 2006. In Personal, Love
• In Outremer

  For who can be a vassal in this place,
  Where I have made my heart the strongest keep?

  22 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 22 7:32 AM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Love
• Captain Jane

  ‘Tis fifteen years since Captain Jane and I
  On Bonaventure’s deck first made our stand.

  24 lines, 17 comments, on Jul 25 11:35 PM 2006. In Fantasy, Love, Humor
• Through my window

  Through my window, I can see
  The blossom on the hanging tree

  23 lines, 16 comments, on Jul 27 7:59 AM 2006. In Fantasy, Sad, Dark
• Your savage alchemy

  How you are turning me from lead to gold,
  Your magick, and your savage alchemy.

  23 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 13 12:17 AM 2006. In Love
• My blank and golden stare

  When I lay dead, who was it wed my queen?

  22 lines, 20 comments, on Aug 13 1:22 AM 2006. In Other
• I sing a song to the silent ones

  19 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 25 12:32 PM. In Dark, Weird
• Selena

  15 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 26 3:23 AM. In Fantasy, Thoughts, Weird, Sonnet
• Old stones that lead from heaven to the sea

  15 lines, 21 comments, on Mar 30 5:39 AM. In Sad, Love
• One of the ancient seeing-stones I stole!

  12 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 30 12:41 PM. In Dark, Fantasy, Love, Word Bank
• Parthenope's song

  33 lines, 20 comments, on Apr 16 1:14 PM. In Fantasy, Thoughts
• The ghost-caller

  19 lines, 19 comments, on Apr 27 8:52 AM. In Dark, Sad
• Midsummer on the Hill O' Many Stanes

  28 lines, 52 comments, on May 3 10:57 AM. In Summer, Weird, Fantasy

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Categories: Gothic

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