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The Invisibility
Hallowe’en: it’s Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere, and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, both beginning at sunset of this day, October 31! Not only trick-or-treat day, but the Eve of All Saints Day so anything can happen … THE INVISIBILITY … Continue reading
Posted in children's games, ghosts, Hallow e'en, poem
Tagged ghosts, Hallow e'en, imagination, poem, season, strange happening
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Where Unicorns
For the Anglo-Saxons, October was known as Winterfylleth, because at this full moon (fylleth) winter was supposed to begin. October’s birthstones are the tourmaline and the opal, its birth flower the calendula. The first Thursday of the month is National … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, fall, imagination, poem
Tagged ghosts, imagination, journey, memories, poem, season, travel
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These Hallowed Evenings
Halloween coming up: ghosts and goblins, witches and other scaries, will haunt our streets, begging for candy. A time for thinking of those who have died, those memories that remain with us, in this celebration of ancient beliefs … THESE … Continue reading
Posted in ghosts, Hallow e'en, poem, season
Tagged cats, ghosts, holiday, poem, pumpkins, season, spiders, strange happening, witches
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Spectral Cinders
Hallowe’en next week, when ghosts, goblins and other strange visions abound. Really weird encounters occur on the street, or at the door, at this time of year and leave one pondering … SPECTRAL CINDERS surprised by time ghosts pick fairy-tale … Continue reading
Posted in Cinderella, ghosts, Hallow e'en, haunting, midnight, mist, poem
Tagged Christmas story, Cinderella, evening, fall, ghosts, Hallow e'en, haunting, imagination, poem, prince, season
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Deserted House
There are so many old houses, particularly on the prairies. They have stories in them, questions about who lived there, how their lives were governed by the landscape. Did they move out? what made them change their way of living, … Continue reading
Landscape
We’re well into the days of blurred outlines, misty mornings, with snowdrops up, crocuses peeping through. And, even from hilltops, the world is beautifully half-seen. This poem is a Terza rima, which has a very specific rhyme scheme and is … Continue reading
The Stirring Night
I’m using a form of poetry that takes off from lines from another poet’s work: a glosa. Hallow e’en. I’m hearing voices in the wind, fingers that brush the door … It’s the time when ghosts walk the night in crumbling … Continue reading
Posted in ghosts, Hallow e'en, haunting, wind
Tagged castles, ghosts, Hallow e'en, haunting, imagination, night, poem, strange happening, wind
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Gone Missing
I don’t think I’m the only one who puts things in safe places and then can’t remember where the safe place is. Or I go looking for something and then can’t remember what I’m looking for. Just those days when … Continue reading
Posted in haunting, looking for, losing things, lost, poem
Tagged frustration, ghosts, imagination, looking for, losing things, memory, poem
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Computer Gremlin
The computer is a mystery to me. Ours is likely to remove a file and put it in outer limbo somewhere, change fonts without being asked, move margins and tabs, again unasked, and/or refuse certain commands. No solution in sight … Continue reading
Outside Haunting
Hallow e’en and I look out my window from the comfort of my work place, feeling blessed by the view, and my surroundings. And then something happens … A A OUTSIDE HAUNTING … Continue reading
Posted in fog, Hallow e'en, imagination, poetry, season, weather
Tagged books, cat, desk, ghosts, Hallow e'en, imagination, poetry, trees, weather, writing
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