A Moonlit Landscape

A Moonlit Landscape

The harvest fields are sleeping,

Moonlight dapples bales and sheaves,

In the hedge something’s creeping,

The night wind among the leaves? 

The sound of footsteps falling

In an empty midnight lane,

Faint voices wailing, calling,

Shadows walk the road again.

The pale road winds on, gleaming,

Round fields and farms, the moon weaves

A path through night’s long dreaming,

For a lost soul that still grieves.

Painting - A Moonlit Landscape by John Atkinson Grimshaw

Verse by Jim Moon

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THE GHOSTS OF AUGUST

The Ghosts of August

We had such summer times here,

Laughing in the hall's hey day,

A season of endless cheer,

But now only shadows play

Too much, too long, wines turned sour,

The blue skies faded to grey.

But the place still has power,

And now only shadows play

Trapped by secrets, guilt and gloom,

Cant ever leave, doomed to stay,

Locked in echoes of lost rooms,

Now only our shadows play…

Painting - Autumn Glow by John Atkinson Grimshaw

Verse by Jim Moon

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In the Shadows of the Lane

Do not tarry in the lane,

After sunset stains the sky,

When dead branches weave and writhe

As daylight finally dies

Do not tarry in the lane,

It’s not safe there after dark,

Rumours tell of grasping hands,

And something with skin like bark

Do not tarry in the lane,

When shadows spider the stones,

For stray moonlight might unveil

A thin horror, pale as bones.

Painting - Tree Shadows on the Park Wall. Roundhay Park, Leeds by John Atkinson Grimshaw

Verse by Jim Moon

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Passing an Old House by Moonlight

That old house is still empty,

Though once it was bright with life,

But darkness calls it home now,

Since the master killed his wife.

‘Twas just evil said the judge, 

And so he hung ten years back,

But they say there's blood stains still,

Spattered on walls red and black.

Did something pass that window?

Surely a trick of the light...

And not a hanged man's corpse

Seeking blood to sup tonight…

Painting - Old English House by Moonlight by John Atkinson Grimshaw

Verses by Jim Moon

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The Haunted House

Deserted long ago,

But everyone knows why,

It's left to rot beneath

A lonely haunted sky.

No pathway leads to it,

For none risk being seen

By the creeping figures

With faces dead and green

Painting - The Haunted House by John Atkinson Grimshaw

Verse by Jim Moon

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 136 - The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe

An eerie poem from Edgar Allan Poe, recited by mad Roderick Usher in the classic tale The Fall of the House of Usher...

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 085 - The Faeries by William Allingham

Keeping with our midsummer theme, here is a reading of a Victorian poem rich in faery folklore, in which Irish poet William Allingham reveals the darker side of the little people...

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 079 - Atlantis by Stanton A Coblentz

In this episode we have a fantastical poem about a fabled land from the pages of legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales!  

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 029 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

Just in time for Valentine's Day, a reading of  a celebrated love poem by the great Edgar Allan Poe, the exquisite gothic tale in miniature that is Annabel Lee! 

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 022 - Mother Carey by John Masefield

An eerie poem by John Masefield, drawn from authentic maritime folklore, concerning the dark forces that await sailors on the high seas!

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Sea Fever by John Masefield

As it's nearly Box season, and just ahead of tomorrow's splendiferous podcast, here's a reading of John Masefield's classic poem. Paintings by JMW Turner and music from the Eldritch Light Orchestra

FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 015 - What the Scarecrow Said by Vachel Lindsay

A little chill for a summer night, a weird verse from poet Vachel Lindsay that may make you think twice before wandering by cornfields after sunset...

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 013 - The Moor Ghost by Robert E Howard

In this little show we have an eerie poem from Robert E Howard. While he is best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian and other two-fisted heroes, Howard also wrote a great deal of verse, much of it on weird and fantastic themes. The poem in this podcast takes us back England in years gone by, the days when gibbets still stood at crossroads... 

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 006 - Dreamland by Edgar Allan Poe

Mr Edgar Allan Poe surely needs no introduction, but as well as writing a legion of classic horror tales, his poetry often went to dark and strange places too...

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WHAT THE SCARE-CROW SAID by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay

Read and animated by Mr Jim Moon, folk horror drones from the Eldritch Light Orchestra


What the Scare-crow Said
by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay

The dim-winged spirits of the night
Do fear and serve me well.
They creep from out the hedges of
The garden where I dwell.

I wave my arms across the walk.
The troops obey the sign,
And bring me shimmering shadow-robes
And cups of cowslip-wine.

Then dig a treasure called the moon,
A very precious thing,
And keep it in the air for me
Because I am a King.


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THE DARKLING THRUSH by Thomas Hardy

A poem for New Year's Eve by Thomas Hardy

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 16 - The Festival

In our second night of ghostly tales for Christmas, we pay a return trip to HP Lovecraft's Kingsport to witness a very curious Yuletide tradition. We also discover another side to the Old Gentleman of Providence as we enjoy some recitations of the verses he wrote for Christmas!

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EDGAR ALLAN POE - Fairy-land

To mark what would have been Poe's 206th birthday, Mr Jim Moon reads one of his famous eerie poems, Fairy-land

The Green Man By Charles Causley

 
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HYPNOBOBS 131 - The Count and Other Terrors

In an unplanned Halloween special (thanks to a sore throat), Mr Jim Moon delves into the audio archives to unearth a selection of terrors! The main feature is an abridged version of Dracula from the fondly remembered Ladybird Horror Classics, and then we have an assortment of weird and spooky verses from various literary greats including Edgar Allan Poe, Wilfred Owen, Ben Jonson, Winifred M Letts and JRR Tolkein.

As mentioned in this 'cast - The Melmoth the Wanderer Varney the Vampire mix

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