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Horn Moon by Krista Canterbury Adams

Everything silvery I desire — The dim light Of Alder Street when it rains , The ornate Victorian mirror Trimmed with bees And berries , Tarnished surface Out of glances . The perched moon Shining above an abundance Of dark vegetation , This clouded window , Silver in the evening , Broken by light .
Krista Canterbury Adams writes out of Columbus , Ohio . Her influences include Algernon Blackwood , Anne Rice , Hilda Doolittle , Sylvia Plath , and Anne Sexton . She is a published poet , as well as a member of the SFPA . Her work appears in The Dark Sire , Collective Realms , Carmina Magazine , CC & amp ; D , Kelp Journal , BFS Horizons , The Fifth Di …, Illumen , and Gingerbread House Literary Magazine , among others .
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