When I first started writing this 750-word short story, I didn’t think of it as a ghost story but as a story about dementia. However, there is a ghost, albeit a kind one and one I know well. In the half-dark of the small hours, she surfaces from fitful dreams – it could be less than an […]
Day: October 27, 2015
A Halloween poem for grown-ups
Halloween Love Affair Trick or treat Once a year Love affair Of a lonely ghost And a vampire Amongst the cobwebs And dust Of a haunted house The thrill of discovery Fades after a century Image found on Pinterest
This morning I’m starting with a love poem
Sleep Sheet The sun meets the moon On its way every morning, Kisses its pale lunar roundness And generates warmth. As I rise, I imagine you, Dishevelled, warm, Slowly, gently Brushing away the soft sheet of sleep, Which still covers you As you open your eyes. I prefer it When we are both under The […]
