poetry-magazineThe WitchBy Ye Hui (叶辉)On the bridgeA village witchTells meYou see nothingClearly, since in all your eyesA fog gathers generations Related Audio Mythology & FolkloreGhosts & the Supernatural
poetry-magazine女巫By Ye Hui (叶辉)在桥上村上的一个女巫告诉我你什么也看不清,因为你们的眼里有世世代代的迷雾 Related Audio Mythology & FolkloreGhosts & the Supernatural
The Haunted HouseBy Felicia Dorothea HemansSee’st thou yon gray gleaming hall,Where the deep elm-shadows fall?Voices that have left the earth …LivingDeathMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalHalloween
poetry-magazineAeromancy, the Art of Sky ReadingBy Mary B. MooreThe window clouds do roof-tiles and ripples before they drown in sun, become haze, innuendo, but of… Related Audio NatureWeatherThe MindMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the Supernatural
poetry-magazineDescendantBy C. Dale YoungNot, as some believe, from the word genesis, the word gene came from the Greek genos meaning origin… Related Audio LivingHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the Supernatural
All Souls’ NightBy William Butler YeatsMidnight has come and the great Christ Church bellAnd many a lesser bell sound through the room;And …LivingDeathThe MindMemory & NostalgiaMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalHalloween
AntigonishBy William Hughes MearnsYesterday, upon the stair,I met a man who wasn't thereHe wasn't there again todayI wish, I wish he'd…The MindMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalAngerAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair
Frankenstein LoveBy Matthew ZapruderI think there was a movie once where Frankenstein fell in love with a vampire. A small mummy at first…LoveRomantic LoveLivingTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphor + 9 more
Poisonwell Diaries: The GhostBy Shanta LeeMama birthed me, Papa sold me in the land of weeping willows Traces of sin trail miles across skin, … Related Audio Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalTechniquesPersonaAngerBlameGriefMelancholy & Despair + 9 more
William of Palerne: Lines 1-1066By Unknownþat it apertly was apayed for profite þat he feld, and [wrouȝt] buxumly by þe bestes wille in wise as…Mythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsGhosts & the SupernaturalTechniquesAlliteration
poetry-magazineOn the Decline of OraclesBy Sylvia PlathMy father kept a speckled conch By two bronze bookends of ships in sail, And as I listened its cold…LivingThe MindMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the Supernatural
poetry-magazineMy Grandma Told Stories or Cautionary TalesBy Marlanda DekineGrandma Thelma told me if I slept on my back a hag would ride me and I’d never return, so I trained … Related Audio LivingYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the Supernatural
poetry-magazineThe Floatin BabyBy Marilyn NelsonA doll was forgotten in a bedroom when the old owners of the house moved out and G-ma and Gramps moved…RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalHorror
Calling the deadBy Jennifer WongOn certain nights they come back, ghost story fragments lodged in my head from midnight taxi rides. …Mythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalHorrorJoy & Contentment
We and the Dead Ride Quick at NightBy L. M. RiveraWhen the home is no more When the mother's negative light goes also When solitude rips the door …ReligionLivingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalGreek & Roman MythologyHorrorAngerMelancholy & Despair + 3 more
poetry-magazineDear Mothership,By Marcus Wickerit paralyzes their country mercy i will teach them how to be neighborly how to atomize property- lines…ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalBlameDisappointment + 2 more
HinterlandsBy Sy HoahwahMy ancestors were not diligent and so they lived beside the fort that's neither on the maps of Heaven…Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalGriefMelancholy & Despair
When I Return to Your Death As a PoetBy Rachel McKibbensWhen my daughter rushes into the living room, cheeks flushed from her wicked siblings who spring from…LivingParenthoodSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalGriefJoy & Contentment + 6 more
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Her KindBy Anne SextonI have gone out, a possessed witch, haunting the black air, braver at night; dreaming evil, I have…Social CommentariesGender & SexualityMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesConfessional