Southern Gothic: A Romance for Ambrose Bierce:
Charge
Memorial statue of a general
rising from the dead to lead
armies, drawn sword held
high over his head, the plumed
hat he wore for riding to battle,
the drawn pistol and his
mount rearing, responding to
the bugler's call to arms;
the officer's face a melting rubber
mask returned from a place of
brimstone and of fire.
Southern Gothic: A Romance for Ambrose Bierce:
Our Lady of the Moors
A waft of gown, ethereal
and as insubstantial as ground
fog rising in deep, humid
night; a consequence of heat
lightning, the rarely seen
made visible, tangible as
thunder, shifting layers
beneath the earth, a whistle
of breath, the raw, savage
voice of the lady-once-loved
now-left-behind and the death
mask that she wears.
Alan Catlin has published dozens of chapbooks and full length books. Among those are Portrait of the Artist Afraid of His Self-Portrait and Asylum Garden: after Van Gogh.
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