i
people do not respect the deadly dead
they treat us as though we profane the bed
so said a ghost in her pique and fury
giving the moving hoof an achy head
ii
you demand to be both feared and adored
whilst you play siren in the haunted moors
yet you criticize the quick for ire
when you tell them they have the souls of whores
iii
ah but those are words writ by scribely droops
cliched villainy oh so scooby doo
whom if born turkeys would surely be jive
no fresh stories since jesus was new
iv
the moving hoof has heard it all before
exaggerations heaped with scorn
like nails and hair of the dead still grow
their pinocchio-noses add more
Saragun Springs 
Poetess of the moving hoof
WOW! This section is hauntingly good and creates a mood and tone that will resound with all alert Poetry Readers, the tone and mood dominate the scene as in T.S. Eliot’s poetry, or H.D.
AND the diction, phrases, word choices in this are amazing. It’s worth listing a few to shine a spotlight on how the whole thing seems to work.
“pique and fury,” “play siren in the haunted moors,” “souls of whores,” “the quick for ire,” “scribely droops,” “surely be jive,” “exaggerations heaped with scorn,” “the dead still grow” are just a few. The language is both OLD, as in could have been written in Shakespeare’s time, and NEW, as in infused with a mystery and depth that feels like a new personality individualized, something the Reader has not seen before and will not see again anywhere else.
“And if my thought-dreams / could be seen / they’d pro’bly put my head / in a guillotine / but it’s alright, Ma / it’s life and life only.”
D
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Hi Dale
Thou art kind to the Moving Hoof.
For some reason there is endless inspiration from Wuthering Kathy. From Bronte’s book and the great song and visual created by Kate Bush, who is my age, which impresses me further that she created such a complicated work as a teen.
Thanks again!
Leila
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“MY ONE DREAM, MY ONLY MASTER” – K.
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Leila
There’s more meaning packed into that one four-minute video (all three versions of it) than there is in 99.999% of the full-length movies ever made all put together.
The whole thing touches one’s subconscious and makes you have dreams about it, that’s how good it is!
What K.B. must’ve known as a teenager who could create that stuff equals Mary Shelley and maybe even Emily Bronte herself.
The dancing is also like acting, mime, and something else uncanny no one’s ever heard of before. Her ability to evoke things through dance makes Michael Jackson look like he lacks rhythm. OTHERWORLDLY.
The range of emotion throughout all of the above is shattering, including but not limited to, GHOSTLY humor…
The guitar solo at the end is awesome. Somehow as good as the violin played by Scarlet Rivera on Dylan’s DESIRE.
And the way Wuthering Kathy keeps waving goodbye then disappearing then reappearing farther away while still waving goodbye at the end will give you chills if you’re even half alive…
Looking forward to tomorrow!
D.
PS
Every single tiny little thing she does in the video/s is a crucial part of the drama, from giving herself halos to putting her hand in front of her face and the ways her eyes never stop moving etc etc etc…….and white, red, and black plus the settings are all symbolic…
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Hi Dale
I agree completely. The video as a form didn’t really get going until nearly three years after. The other one shot outside is impressive, but the monochrome version is, as you say, perfection.
Thank you!
Leila
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Leila
I read about how Kate Bush discovered that she had the same birthday as Emily Bronte right around the time she wrote the song. And like the true artist she is, she took this mysterious synchronicity as highly meaningful at every level, as well she should have.
I also read that her song and video were based on both a movie version, and the book itself, which, again, in our day and age, is as it should be.
Finally, you’re right about the timing of her video/s for WH, too. She was WAY ahead of her time in turning the music video into an art form. Perhaps only David Bowie had truly been there before her.
Thanks!
Dale
PS
I saw a movie where Tom Hardy played Heathcliff. It knocked my socks off even though I wasn’t wearing any, especially the end.
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still haunting haunting and lying lying lying. I can hear the screechy howls from here!
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Thank you Diane!
Some ghosts never change their sheets!
Leila
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