Genius Loci Of An African Twilight
Frederick J. Mayer
“Rain falling into jungle green,
pain calling forth in flora's scream,
eyes not so round staring… ” (31 December)
Brilliant night, domain of stars
Phillip A. Ellis
“Brilliant night, domain of stars
scintilliant domain of rubied Mars,
weave your light in mystic runes
… ” (30 November)
Under the heavens, behemoths breathe
Phillip A. Ellis
“Under the heavens, behemoths breathe
under the stars, ghosts arise,
under the moon, twisted as wreaths,
… ” (30 September)
A tower of cunning work was wrought
Phillip A. Ellis
“A tower of cunning work was wrought
over an abyss of sickening vastness.
… ” (30 September)
Michael Fantina
“I am the eternal mage incarnate;
My staff is worked with runes from crown to haft,
With me all sorcery, all magic craft.
… ” (30 June)
John Ayres
“Reflections upon gazing at a photograph of the writer, sculptor and
poet, Clark Ashton Smith, taken circa 1960
… ” (30 June)
Frederick Mayer
“I was raised
on faerie tales,
but my castles
… ” (31 October)
Frederick Mayer
“Behind sky mask it
slips
open pachychilla
… ” (31 October)
Frederick Mayer
“There is a thyme
wizards give
as visions in sync
… ” (31 October)
Frederick Mayer
“Dedicated to Jeenie Yoo
Beholds, imbued melancholy
… ” (31 October)
Frederick Mayer
“Slowly, sun sets, burning horizon,
skylight fingers bend toward earth,
jungle heat with slinky fluidity
… ” (31 October)
Frederick Mayer
“Virgin dream in your rawed mind's matter,
grows till it is a brain's flawed jewel,
a still-born wisdom's pearl...
… ” (31 October)
Frank Searight
“My child, there lived in hoary days of yore
A necromancer no force could withstand,
Who conquered, with a blend of awful plagues,
… ” (31 December)
Fermín Moreno González
“Among both bent wooden crosses and the stink of many a tomb
therein lies my former love like a foetus in its womb
vainly awaiting a birthtime which will never be anymore,
… ” (31 December)
Fermín Moreno González
“Into a carved stony dome
like a smirky evilish gnome
lo! the lonely man bends down
… ” (30 November)
Gavin Edmund Smith
“A poet-pilgrim searching for magic,
A single night's pause in his journey's track;
A seeker of lore of epics tragic,
… ” (30 June)
To Klarkash-Ton, Lord of Averoigne
H P Lovecraft
“A time-black tower against dim banks of cloud;
Around its base the pathless pressing wood.
Shadow and silence, moss and mould, pressing wood
… ” (30 April)
Wherein Dwells my Love of Yore a poem
Fermín Moreno González
“Snow peaked, treeless summit,
before me a mountain rises
cloaked in the grimmest climate,
… ” (29 February)
Fermín Moreno González
“At any moment I will fly
along with an unknown species
into one same whirlwind
… ” (29 February)
Simon Whitechapel
“I stand beneath a sea of light,
And to the sun I lift and lout
Atop this tower of ice-white stone,
… ” (31 January)