In this show, as a prelude to Hallowe'en, we read a very haunting poem All Souls by Edith Wharton
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Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts
Monday, 27 October 2025
FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 153 - All Souls by Edith Wharton
Sunday, 17 August 2025
FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 147 - Dreams of Yith by Duane W. Rimel
A cycle of sonnets detailing weird dreams of a strange alien world of the Cthulhu Mythos, written by Duane W. Rimel, with guidance from both H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith.
Sunday, 20 October 2024
FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 120 - Halloween in a Suburb by HP Lovecraft
Halloween in a Suburb
by HP Lovecraft
The steeples are white in the wild moonlight,
And the trees have a silver glare;
Past the chimneys high see the vampires fly,
And the harpies of upper air,
That flutter and laugh and stare.
For the village dead to the moon outspread
Never shone in the sunset’s gleam,
But grew out of the deep that the dead years keep
Where the rivers of madness stream
Down the gulfs to a pit of dream.
A chill wind weaves thro’ the rows of sheaves
In the meadows that shimmer pale,
And comes to twine where the headstones shine
And the ghouls of the churchyard wail
For harvests that fly and fail.
Not a breath of the strange grey gods of change
That tore from the past its own
Can quicken this hour, when a spectral pow’r
Spreads sleep o’er the cosmic throne
And looses the vast unknown.
So here again stretch the vale and plain
That moons long-forgotten saw,
And the dead leap gay in the pallid ray,
Sprung out of the tomb’s black maw
To shake all the world with awe.
And all that the morn shall greet forlorn,
The ugliness and the pest
Of rows where thick rise the stones and brick,
Shall some day be with the rest,
And brood with the shades unblest.
Then wild in the dark let the lemurs bark,
And the leprous spires ascend;
For new and old alike in the fold
Of horror and death are penn’d,
For the hounds of Time to rend.
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Saturday, 7 September 2024
THE TURN OF THE SEASON V
Friday, 6 September 2024
THE TURN OF THE SEASON IV
Drifting down slowly,As the summer sails away,Gold on the waters
Thursday, 5 September 2024
THE TURN OF THE SEASON III
Bursting from hedgerows,Sweet gifts among the thorns fromThe ripening year
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
THE TURN OF THE SEASON II
Sunlight's last dances onLeaves soon to tumble intoAutumn's bronze and gold
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
THE TURN OF THE SEASON I
Sunday, 25 August 2024
SILENT AND STILL WATCHERS V
Watching the sun set,Blazing scarlet memories Of the demon's home
Friday, 23 August 2024
SILENT AND STILL WATCHERS IV
Faces crowned in stone,Forgotten kings in cobwebsRuling from a wall
Thursday, 22 August 2024
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
SILENT AND STILL WATCHERS II
Forever watching,Learning the lessons of life, Wisdom in the wood
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
SILENT AND STILL WATCHERS I
Forever standingBetween the heavens and earth,A lonely vigil
Saturday, 17 August 2024
FLORAL ELEMENTS V
Past soft sunset pinks,
And far beyond dawn sky blues,
Violet flowers
Friday, 16 August 2024
FLORAL ELEMENTS IV
Soft blues recalling
Waves and rippled waters, rise
In a sea of green
Thursday, 15 August 2024
FLORAL ELEMENTS III
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
FLORAL ELEMENTS II
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