Phantom Listeners: A Collection of Halloween Poems

by Maria Sjöstrand, Carol Wellart (Illustrator), Martin Gorrie (Editor)

Phantom Listeners is a poetry anthology of no less than 31 pieces of horrifying poetry. It’s a collection that has taken the poets of the past, tirelessly combed through the best of their work, and picked out the poems that have truly captured the essence of Halloween.It’s a poetry collection with death, witches, corpses, phantoms, and the spirit of Halloween hidden between its pages. There are poems for all ages, so this anthology is perfect to gather the household around on Halloween. As there is a poem for each day of October, you should also feel free to use this book as your excuse to stretch out the Holiday.The anthology includes a foreword by literary critic S.T. Joshi and a collection of illustrations as haunting as the poems themselves. Each one is created by artist Carol Wellart, and they’re the reason this anthology is not only a perfect addition to your Halloween but also to your tea-stained coffee table. It’s a book made to be seen as well as read.This collection is not only for people who love a good book but also for people who love the sinister and uncanny – people who love Halloween.Poets

Walter de la MareEdwin Arlington RobinsonRobert BurnsJohn KeatsEdna St. Vincent MillayPaul Laurence DunbarW.S. GilbertMary HowittEmily DickinsonRobert Ervin HowardRobert HerrickAndrew LangWilliam ShakespeareHenry KendallGeorge MacDonaldWilliam AllinghamRobert SoutheyAndrew Barton PatersonEdgar Allan PoeMatthew Gregory LewisMary Elizabeth ColeridgeThomas HardyThomas BeddoesJames Elroy FleckerJoel Benton

Kindle Edition

Published September 14, 2021