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Bell Witch

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Mitchel David Ring1 Comment

Walk softly where she goes ahead in search of deeper shadows Whisper only of what cannot be known— the sky above cries for lost days and the forest grows close around the home of darkness She walks among these trees on paths unseen to ancient song with many voices of wind and rain spelling out… Continue reading Bell Witch →

Posted in PoemsTagged forest, horror, poetry, story, witch, writing

Don’t Leave Me

January 25, 2021January 24, 2021 Mitchel David Ring2 Comments

Her own anger had begun to surface. Did he think this was a joke? He turned to face her, and the breath was driven from her lungs when she looked at him.

Posted in PoemsTagged flash fiction, forest, horror, short story, skinwalker, story

Waking

August 6, 2020August 5, 2020 Mitchel David Ring14 Comments

This bitter cup reminds me of what waits— dissolution at the far off edges where things fall apart...

Posted in PoemsTagged death, forest, poetry, truth, universe, writing

Industrial

August 5, 2020August 4, 2020 Mitchel David Ring3 Comments

Dim are the moving shadows in these trees— somehow ominous the way the light glares, like a world cut of darkness...

Posted in PoemsTagged forest, mystery, poetry, shadows, story, writing

The Fruiting Tree

July 29, 2020July 28, 2020 Mitchel David Ring9 Comments

This that fell from the stars— new poison in the reservoirs drawing our eyes up and away on walkabouts to find the fruiting tree...

Posted in PoemsTagged fantasy, forest, immortal, poetry, story, writing

Empty Eyes

July 17, 2020July 16, 2020 Mitchel David Ring3 Comments

My hands touched the face of a thing made clean baptized in blood and wine when no one could tell the difference...

Posted in PoemsTagged beauty, forest, memory, poetry, rebirth, writing

Wilderness

May 13, 2020May 12, 2020 Mitchel David Ring9 Comments

Walking through the closed in places, the wilderness breathes me in...

Posted in PoemsTagged doorway, dreams, forest, light and dark, poetry, writing

Beneath Tall Pines

March 29, 2020March 28, 2020 Mitchel David Ring7 Comments

At the edge of a meadow beneath tall pines I saw a shadow making its way to Zion leading the blind across broken bridges...

Posted in PoemsTagged bridge, forest, poetry, river, writing, zion

City Lights

February 2, 2020February 2, 2020 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

City lights out to the freefall edge down to the blackwater and an eternity of silence wandering across the salted fields and planting seeds with high hopes for the harvest...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, forest, life, poetry, stars, writing

Come Wander

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Mitchel David Ring8 Comments

Come wander with the cursed and broken through this realm of woodland music where melodies wind along paths to a ritual center...

Posted in PoemsTagged forest, music, poetry, wander, witch, writing

Where I Left My Heart

December 29, 2019January 27, 2020 Mitchel David Ring23 Comments

I left my heart drying in the setting sun Out on the side of the road to you And kept right on walking into the night that lay ahead Humming a song whose words I’d forgotten...

Posted in PoemsTagged anniversary, forest, heart, poetry, road, writing

Altar to the Iron Sky

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

The birdsong above tells me I’ve walked this road before Shadows lay across it in bands of night and day Passing over me, each step a new twilight But nothing is familiar in the trees ahead...

Posted in PoemsTagged forest, memory, ocean, offering, poetry, sacrifice

Path Through Wild Thickets

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 Mitchel David Ring9 Comments

Tread the path through wild thickets Overgrown with the remnants of legend Once made flesh, now to dust returned Fear not the shadows stirring in this place...

Posted in PoemsTagged forest, horror, legend, music, poetry, shadows

Down to the River

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

Mist off the surface of the river is a cloak Over the backs of we who walk among the trees Joy is our song this day of glory Light and darkness dance together as one...

Posted in PoemsTagged forest, joy, madness, poetry, ritual, sacrifice

The Path That Wasn’t There

October 6, 2019October 10, 2019 Mitchel David Ring3 Comments

I crawled along the face of the Earth Looked down and saw stars beneath my feet Over a distance I’ve crossed a thousand times.

Posted in PoemsTagged burning, Earth, fire, forest, pathway, poetry

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