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I couldn't sleep but I remembered my dream...Salem returned
‘The Visitor’, by Ian Serraillier
A crumbling churchyard, the sea, and the moon; The waves had gouged out grave and bone;
A man was walking, late and alone...
He saw a skeleton on the ground; A ring on a bony finger he found.
He ran home to his wife and gave her the ring. “Oh, where did you get it?” He said not a thing.
“It’s the loveliest ring in the world,” she said,
As it glowed on her finger. They slipped off to bed.
At midnight they woke. In the dark outside, “Give me my ring!” a chill voice cried.
“What was that, William? What did it say?” “Don’t’ worry, my dear. It’ll soon go away.”
“I’m coming!” A skeleton opened the door. “Give me my ring!” It was crossing the floor.
“What was that, William? What did it say?” “Don’t’ worry, my dear. It’ll soon go away.”
“I’m reaching you now! I’m climbing the bed.” The wife pulled the sheet right over her head.
It was torn from her grasp and tossed in the air: “I’ll drag you out of bed by the hair!”
“What was that, William? What did it say?”
“Throw the ring through the window! THROW IT AWAY!”
She threw it. The skeleton leapt from the sill, Scooped up the ring and clattered downhill, Fainter... and fainter... Then all was still.
Salem was one of our rescues, a very special cat who had a sixth sense I'm sure.
THE VISITOR BY IAN SERRAILLIER
I read my poem Mr Cheese to a crowded room today.
Afterwards a little girl just came up to my table and told me she loved my poem.
Her mother seeing my books tried to steer her away.
"Now, these are horror, they'll be too scary for you."
Little girl gives mother a death stare. "I love horror." Buys copy of Starers.
Kids
Boom.
Almost high fived her.
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donnaste1: Haha love it! See just ease the kids in slowly and they'll love a bit of horror!
donnaste1: Not your photo but you are in it
sculder1013: Boom! That's awesome! Horror makes the world go round. My best mate read SOOO many Stephen King books before she was even 12 haha
natthewriter: Ha @sculder1013 this lass scared me.
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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University and President of the Poetry Society
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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University and President of the Poetry Society
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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University and President of the Poetry Society
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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University and President of the Poetry Society
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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University and President of the Poetry Society
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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University and President of the Poetry Society
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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University and President of the Poetry Society
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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University and President of the Poetry Society
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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University and President of the Poetry Society