Cat Shadow – Halloween Poem
A cat is a witch’s companion of choice. A cat is also a household pet. Both identities sit at ease within the animal’s elegant frame. Cats are hunters, game players and claw wielders, yet they crave the attention, warmth and sustenance that an owner can provide. Halloween is the perfect time to explore the complicated…
Figure of Night – Poetry for Halloween
There is no figure of night pieced together from patches of dark room, scrambled light of a blink.
Halloween Short Story Extract
The road narrows and the fog hangs in, like dragon breath. We’re on a nameless diversion – no signposts, not even sun to mark the horizon. Houses float out, make themselves known against white. If people live here, it can’t be so desolate. It’s just the weather. But the road shudders its way into the…
Resisting Antiques Roadshow, Welcoming the Robin
You know your life has changed when you sit down of a Sunday Evening to watch Antiques Roadshow with your in-laws. Gone, are the days when you used to bemoan the fact that Antiques Roadshow even existed.
All Ireland Poetry Day: Summer Broom by K. S. Moore
I decided I had to post a poem in honour of All Ireland Poetry Day. The choice was easy as I’ve been looking back at Summer, feeling the familiar relief that it’s over and Autumn, in all its fiery brilliance is gaining prominence.