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The banshee began to howl
near Halloween,
twisting branches in a dance
of wind and rain
She wore her necklace
of skulls and teeth,
slapping a tambourine
to a four four beat
Black cats scattered!
Her backup singers shimmeyed
and swayed,
tossing long green hair
and tapping on the window
It was an unholy dance,
full of screaming sirens.
Sequins of fire flashed by
Carolyn Gregory's poems and essays on music have been published in American Poetry Review, Main Street Rag, Bellowing Ark, Seattle Review, and Stylus. She was featured in For Lovers and Other Losses. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2011 and is a past recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council award. Her book, Open Letters, was published by Windmill Editions in 2009 and her next, Facing the Music, will be published in 2012.
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