Predawn Fright

To cite a poet I admire very much:

“Sometimes I dream.
Sometimes I get scared.
Sometimes I get poetry.”

Monday 10 April, 2023 0

Glimpses of All Hallows Night

On the last night
Of summer time
The stars are out in force
Shining bright

In the dark sky
Of all hallows
Restless souls watch
Another year passing by

In a house festooned
With ghosts and ghouls
The witch sheds blood
Offering thanks to the moon

On this liminal night
As the veil thins
The other realm nears
Bringing departed ones in sight

Hear what they say
Voices from the other side
Living in fear of death
You’ll regret not living fully one day
©RedCat

Image credits:

Image 1: Photo by Jake Weirick on Unsplash
Image 2: Photo by Andy Holmes on Unsplash

Tuesday 1 November, 2022 0

Onyx darkness (2019 Re-post)

Leave any light on the endless shelves
Speak the pass phrase
Only those with flawless elocution
A mind open to betwixt and between
Shall pass the warden
Go through the Nyx-door
Plunge into onyx darkness
Within are nights that never die
Without the world spins on
Here only esthesis will guide you
Stay as long as it pleases thee.
©REDCAT

Re-post comment:

Body and mind buzzing with the joy of dance class, I felt this to be a good way to get back to Wandering the Archives Wednesday that I’ve missed for a few weeks.

Enjoy!

Written for Get Listed! with a Mystery Guest at toads.
Really fun, and much harder to than one word prompts.

Both club images by Antoine J. on Unsplash

Wednesday 20 October, 2021 0

Daily Haibun, August 24th – Sleepy

The bed is calling me to sleep. Even though my mind wants to writing keep. But the hours of the day is stacking up. And so does the silly errors. So I better be off to bed.

I the silent night

To swoop and call with the bats

Vivid dreams take flight

©RedCat

Read other Haibun’s written for the monthly dVerse prompt by me here.

Read other Daily Haibun’s here.

Image credits:

First photo: Photo by Josh McLove on Unsplash
Second image: Photo by Kate Stone Matheson on Unsplash
Third image: Photo by Vikram Nair on Unsplash

Tuesday 24 August, 2021 0

Daily Haibun, August Song (August 5th)

Outside is a cacophony of play. The sound of late summer nights. Insects playing their song.

For some reason it makes me feel a bit melancholic. Like I’m mourning a season not yet gone.

Maybe it’s just fear of the unknown. Trepidation at throwing myself into a new life situation.

There’s also tender hope, the seasons will turn, and I’ll begin to learn. Taking the first steps on a new journey. Sowing the seeds of coming adventures. Part of me can’t wait.

As seasons turn, we

grow and learn, sowing mind seeds

that will sprout next spring.

© RedCat

Read other Haibun’s written for the monthly dVerse prompt by me here.

Read other Daily Haibun’s here.

Thursday 5 August, 2021 1

Bedtime stories

What kind of stories do you want to be told?
Of magical creatures and knights of old
Or modern heroes with ingenious gadgets
Maybe of vampires that sleep with maggots
Whatevers your taste
Take your time, bedtime is not for haste
Sleep well my sweet
Mother will watch keep
© RedCat

Tuesday 27 July, 2021 0

Friendship – Hay(na)ku (2020 Re-post)

Awake
Not asleep
Company you keep
Talk
Worry sharing
Hand hold caring
Steadfast
Strong pillar
Repels depressive killer
Forthright
Honest, straight
Restoring lost faith
Accepting
Big, small
Trauma scarred all
Trust
Freely given
True heart living
Friendship
Fortifying presence
Find my essence
Strength
Along way
Even when astray
Safe
To be
Realize all me
© REDCAT

Re-post comment:

Another Hay(na)ku for this week’s Wandering the Archives Wednesday.

Enjoy!

Wednesday 21 July, 2021 0

Midsummer Poppies (2020 Re-post)

When dusk is night long
Lasting until dawn
Poppies vibrant song
Siren fey dreams spawn
Thrumming in the veins
Passion’s deep well
Growing like the grains
By hypnotic smell
Hear Midsummer’s call
Wonders fill your heart
Feel the fire of Sol
Drink her heedy quart
Frolic and feel joy
Bathe in love’s red lust
Freedom life buoy
By starlight souls trust
Bask in Everglow
Caressed by the breeze
Rest content below
Midsummer poppies
© REDCAT