Crepuscular crows
ca – ca cawing
warnings
around
front doors
murderously
foretelling,
that no one
who bought
the house
with no soul
would ever
grow old
Messenger by Simon Collinson
Saragun Springs
Snarl at the Dying of the Light: Est. 2025 Seattle and Chicago
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Simon
Hardly the advertisement you want from your realtor, but truly much more unforgetable!
Leila
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The house exists. It always leaves me feeling cold and empty whenever I pass by. Others feel this strangeness too. I was talking to a friend and she said she disliked the house because the place has no soul. No one stays in it for long either. I knew I had to write about the house with no soul.
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A haunting and rhythmic verse–loaded with images. Love the minimal word use of your prose!
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glad you liked it. i try to create unsettling scenes in my dark poetry.
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You succeeded, Simon. The element of menace is palpable. I am a big fan of all your writing!
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Mysterious and well-phrased. Very nice work.
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Simon
I believe there are houses with no souls just as I believe there are people with no souls.
Life was too hard back in the old days so we figured out how to make it easier, and now it’s TOO EASY for millions or billions of soulless folks. (THAT = much trouble for the rest of the world.)
Even if your author photo was “accidental,” it’s still artistic – both through selectivity (the fact that you picked it) and through happy accident!
The good artist is not always in control of his or her or their materials.
Sometimes “the soul” takes over. And often (very often) that is what leads to the best Art, whether visual or written.
Great job!
Dale
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