Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words spirit and/or specter, totaling up to 150 lines in length including stanza breaks, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PDT on October 20th. No PDF's please. Color and B&W artwork are also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Spirits and Specters will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, October 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

Ghosted


I do not know 

what language the

spirits speak. Their

simple words are not

that easy to

hear. They are mute 

and ghosted in

this haunted house.




In the Deserted House 


In the deserted house

I find my solitude.

From time to time the noise 

from the backyard becomes

a comfort to me. I 

seek out the stars at night

from the deserted house’s

window. I find the noise 

from the backyard. It is 

a small bird that sings in

comforting tones. It lifts

my spirits to the stars. 




The Wind Comes 


The wind comes 

like a welcome stranger.

It whispers my name.

It comes from 

the sea, cool and crisp.

It lifts my spirits.

The stranger comes 

and settles in my room.

It comes through 

the window.  The leaves

in the tree shake.

The wind comes 

and leaves. There is a

mild breeze left behind.

It is the murmur

of the wind’s heart.

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Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

Ghosted I do not know  what language the spirits speak. Their simple words are not that easy to hear. They are mute  and ghosted in this hau...