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The Witch’s Warning by Theodora Goss This ground is cursed.  I would leave it, if I were a man, as you are: leave the moss-overgrown stones that bound the estate, leave the damp of the hollow, leave the hill where … Continue reading →

To a Friend I Have Not Seen for a Long Time by Theodora Goss What are the clouds doing where you are? Are they building castles high in the blue dome we call the sky? Are they forming themselves into … Continue reading →

The Crabs by Theodora Goss Under the water the crabs, in their camouflage, crawl sideways suddenly, silently, startlingly, over the ocean floor, segmented, carapaced, each individually dancing its mute ballet, like a clawed metaphor. (The painting is Velvet Crab by … Continue reading →

The Ruined Cathedral by Theodora Goss Gray monks have wandered here, chanting their canticles, great kings have walked beneath these archways of wrought stone, and holy ladies read windows of parables, and late into the night, possessing all alone the … Continue reading →

Tiredness by Theodora Goss Tiredness has its own beauty. It is late, so late, and I have at last done my duty, fulfilled whatever needed fulfilling, completed the tasks of the day. Now, at last, darkness can come, and I … Continue reading →

Tam Lin Remembers the Fairy Queen by Theodora Goss She had eyes like apple seeds. A small, angular face that reminded me of a fox’s mask. Was it a mask she wore the whole time I was with her? The … Continue reading →

Green Man by Theodora Goss Come to me out of the forest, man of leaves, whose arms are branches, whose legs are twin trunks, rough bark covered with lichen. Come and take my hands in yours, and lead me in … Continue reading →