Alan Summers

Allhallowtide seasons my mask my enemy my friend

— Alan Summers

Christina Chin

all hallows’ moon
the attic doll echoes 
chuck-will’s-widow

— Christina Chin

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

it begins 
with a howl 
blood moon

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Lovette Carter

buried alone
                             the ax

— Lovette Carter

Hemapriya Chellappan

witching hour
the neighbour’s
purring cat

— Hemapriya Chellappan

John Hawkhead

autumn harvest
a grip of white knuckles
around the scythe

— John Hawkhead

Thorsten Neuhaus

all alone the darkening shadow over his chest

— Thorsten Neuhaus

Christina Chin

blood moon
digging the straw roof
a tarantula

— Christina Chin

Roberta Beach Jacobson

clowns in the car wash
you see their noses
after the rinse

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Marion Clarke

stinking again her slaughterhouse dreams

— Marion Clarke

Hemapriya Chellappan

ghost town
the night bus screams
to a stop

— Hemapriya Chellappan

Robin Anna Smith

following me
deep into shadow . . .
shark eye moon

— Robin Anna Smith

Roberta Beach Jacobson

 evening tea infused with hemlock

— Roberta Beach Jacobson