Ghosts, the Gothic, and The Uncanny

In Cynthia Huntington’s poem ‘Ghost’ the author imagines haunting a loved one and writes I would creep near you like a question.

Similarly, Donne threatens to exact revenge on his cruel, ex-lover by returning to her rooms -
When by thy scorn, O murd'ress, I am dead/And that thou think'st thee free/From all solicitation from me,/Then shall my ghost come to thy bed/. 


Malevolent, mischievous and mysterious, ghosts can add excitement and edge to stories and poems.  And ghosts, along with other aspects of the supernatural, macabre and uncanny, are an essential component of the Gothic genre.  

Join poet Anna Saunders to write spine-tingling poems featuring ghosts, ghouls and apparitions.

You will look to classic and contemporary poetry for inspiration before letting your ghosts roam the halls…

Anna Saunders is the author of Communion, (Wild Conversations Press), Struck, (Pindrop Press) Kissing the She Bear, (Wild Conversations Press), Burne Jones and the Fox, Ghosting for Beginners, Feverfew, The Prohibition of Touch, Eurydice in the Ruined House, (all from Indigo Dreams).
Feverfew has been described as ‘rich with obsession, sensuousness and potency’ by Ben Ray, and as ‘a beautiful and necessary collection’ by Penny Shuttle.