Haunting - a meditation
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Ongoing5m
Last published Thu, Nov 22, 2018
This collection will include a series of new and old poems I am writing and revising for use as a concept album art booklet I'll include in my Tracing Trickster Trails multigenre autobiography, and I do plan to record some or all of them as musical tracks eventually. The poems will appear here in the order I write or revise them - not the order intended for the autobiography or the album. Suggestions for arrangement once the collection includes a substantial set (let's call that 8 or more... I'm planning for a set of 15-20) will be much appreciated!
Before I close, I'd like to acknowledge some of the storytellers who have influenced my love of horror & poetry in general, and this piece in particular in no meaningful order, as I'm... drafting while distracted. Stephen King, Anne Sexton, Anne Bradstreet, Neil Gaiman, Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker, the teams who brought Jordan Peele's Get Out, various versions of Shirley Jackson's Haunting of Hill House to life on film & television (as I have yet to read the novel myself), Takashi Miike, Yoshitaka Amano, Joss Whedon. The list goes on and on, but these are some of the most recent and present in the early works posted here.
Comedians and musicians who serve as my muses deserve acknowledgement here as well, but space is too limited for a comprehensive list, so briefly: Michael Jackson's Thriller, one of the first I ever watched, had a profound impact. Classical, hip hop, rock, folk & metal - among other genres - all soothe my soul.
Special thank yous to Christopher Opyr, who not only counts among folks who have influenced my love of horror & poetry but has also been one of the strongest, most constant supporters of my writing & recovery; my parents, who fostered my love of language & storytelling for as long as I can remember; my grandmother, who hopefully will not regret introducing me to the occult; my husband, who does his best to support my haunting, haunted ass.
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