Joshua St. Claire

until the very end duct tape

— Joshua St. Claire

moon frenzy

the scent of red

fills the incantation

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

footsteps of the plague doctor only starlight

— Joshua St. Claire

longest day clouded eyes

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

a voice that can’t
get past the lips
red hot poker

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

the skull
under the skin
windowless room

— Joshua St. Claire

soiled linen the restraints

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

my breath becomes basalt

— Joshua St. Claire

dark road a dandelion cloud of eyes

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

a drop of blood
in the corner of her mouth 
apple blossoms

— Joshua St. Claire

3:00AM

the brown widow slowly

into my mouth

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

cirrus vertebratus
rubbing on the rocks
to shed my skin

— Joshua St. Claire

another twist

of the garrote

sparrowsong

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

hawthorn grove
shadows jerking
by the stone altar

— Joshua St. Claire

stirring her teacup

of sky

monkshood

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

pink mist
your stillness as we enjoy
one last dawn

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

new look,
same great taste!
Glasgow smile 

— Joshua St. Claire

HUSH!

the fingers of the Black Moon

grasping the planchette

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

molten gold
all the fingers
in my mouth

— Joshua St. Claire

footsteps that stop

when mine stop

yellow eye moon

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

night hag
an owl’s screech presses me 
to the sheets 

— Joshua St. Claire

ballgag

the ritual begins

with a song

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

red rhododendrons
throbbing in the deep woods
the Unseelie Court

— Joshua St. Claire

oyster knife

last light

entering the flesh

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

nor can the cricket
close his eyes
witching hour

— Joshua St. Claire

crossroads

I practice my speech

for the Black Moon

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

something unseen
moving through mist
grimalkin

— Joshua St. Claire



deathcamas
                     by the willows
                                              a deer skull

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

finding

what the greenbottles found

Worm Moon

— Joshua St. Claire

raining in the cloud of crows half moon face

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

mournful thyrsis
a femur’s head casting
shadows on the peat

— Joshua St. Claire

winter’s chill

all the dead people

in my cellphone

— Joshua St. Claire

Joshua St. Claire

shimmer
on the knife’s edge
bleach blossoms

— Joshua St. Claire

all the better to see you with Gloucester’s eyes

— Joshua St. Claire