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.
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On board the Marseilles Diligence
my love and I did ride -
Across the wild moor to the wilder mere
I saw the pony-riders come a-charging58 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 4 1:20 AM 2006. In Fantasy -
Once upon a cold moon
The statues in the castle garden danced64 lines, 19 comments, on Feb 4 1:26 AM 2006. In Fantasy -
I see that you are dying
For you have drunk poisoned blood. -
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 -
The cold Olympians may have slept
Since all their temples fell -
What do I know of spring in my gloomy realm?
I only know that Persephone is gone -
I am the shadowy one, the widow, the unconsoled
The princess of Aquitaine in the overthrown tower -
I see you shining, constant in my sky,23 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 12 5:29 AM 2006. In Love
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Thou art desire, thou art delight16 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 14 4:34 PM 2006. In Erotica
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“She sat upon her rock in moonlight grey ~
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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
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I was once a word-witch of the fourth degree, -
A rider from across the mountains came
To seek an entry though the hour was late -
Last night the springtime moon was round and full
And I could see her eyes were drawn to it -
The horses are restless - there's fear on the breeze,
As though a fierce tiger was haunting the trees. -
Beneath a blank, gun-metal sky
We lay asleep, my love and I. -
Grey lady haunting night-time as an owl
You scowl at settling rime21 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 3 9:09 AM 2006. In Fantasy
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I reined my weary steed, while creeping dusk
Began to shadow-stalk the barrow’s side -
I came at last up to the place of stone,
Just at the very turning of the year -
Can you recall a castle made of sand
That stood – so monumental – yesterday? -
For who can be a vassal in this place,
Where I have made my heart the strongest keep? -
‘Tis fifteen years since Captain Jane and I
On Bonaventure’s deck first made our stand. -
Through my window, I can see
The blossom on the hanging tree -
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 -
When I lay dead, who was it wed my queen?22 lines, 20 comments, on Aug 13 1:22 AM 2006. In Other
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