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    Psythur: Editors' Choice, #1
    Psythur: Editors' Choice, #1
    Psythur: Editors' Choice, #1
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    Psythur: Editors' Choice, #1

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    psithurism [sith-yuh-riz-uhm] noun:

    a rustling or whispering sound, such as leaves in the wind; susurration

     

    Psythur is a collections of works selected by the editors throughout the year. Poems that were misfits for our other collections, but nonetheless stirred our mind, heart, or soul.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRavens Quoth Press
    Release dateOct 22, 2023
    ISBN9798223529033
    Psythur: Editors' Choice, #1

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      Psythur - Ravens Quoth Press

      Psythur First Edition

      Copyright © 2023 The Ravens Quoth Press

      First published in Australia in October 2023 by The Ravens Quoth Press

      All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this production may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher and copyright owner.

      Cover design by Dawn Burdett

      Formatting by Kara Hawkers

      Editing by Kara Hawkers and E. Mery Blake

      Pensive Reflections

      Balm First Edition

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      Psythur First Edition

      Edgar Allan Poe-Inspired Collection

      Evermore First Edition

      Evermore Second Edition

      Evermore Third Edition

      Romance Collection

      Cherish First Edition

      Tempest First Edition

      Speculative & Horror Collection

      Frisson First Edition

      Individual Collections

      Songs of the Underland & Other Macabre Machinations

      by Kurt Newton

      Don’t Cry on Cashmere by Brianna Malotke

      The World Eats Love by Carol Edwards

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      Contents

      mark andrew heathcote

      The Lovers Fall

      Lay Still My Beating Heart

      A Fool’s Love

      Cooing Ever So Princely

      Beneath the Cloy Mountain Grass

      Can I Bask in the Meadow?

      Watching the Stars Snuffed Out

      ANTHONY PERCONTI

      IX: The Wisdom of Solitude

      KURT NEWTON

      Shaving Naked

      K.A. SCHULTZ

      Hurricaned Beast

      BERNARDO VILLELA

      Upon a Darksome Morning

      Gargoyle Poem #2

      marc sOrOndO

      Honestly

      WILLIAM WALDORF

      Draw of Love

      MORTON OTWELL GOURDNECK

      I Hate Life

      Public Service

      CORINNE POLLARD

      Scrying at Sea

      DANIEL MORESCHI

      The Simmered Sea

      EVIE GROCH

      Reversal of Misfortune

      A Tablespoon of Salt

      VICTORIA ELIZABETH RUWI

      Sagacity

      FRED GERHARD

      Mend

      Attic Haunt

      GERALD JATZEK

      Understanding

      GLADYS MARIE CUBIAS

      Decadent

      INDY SAMRA

      Innocent Glances

      IRINA NOVIKOVA

      Myth About the Heart

      CAROL EDWARDS

      Delusions

      Radiate

      Bared Teeth

      LEILA SANDRA M.

      Darkest Times

      LINDA SPARKS

      Waters of Grief

      KOFI ODURO-AMANIAMPO

      In Awe of Nature

      L.A. FELLEMAN

      Upon Meeting Me at the Bus Stop

      LAVERNE SPENCER MCCARTHY

      Great Grandpa

      ROSS LEISHMAN

      How to Look Good Dead

      Ode to the Night

      LISA REYNOLDS

      I Want to Take Him Home

      MATT MCGEE

      A Contest

      OLGA LEVADNAYA

      From the Rib

      Last Year’s New Moon

      Paths of My Thoughts

      Exchange

      CLEMENT OLUWAFEMI

      Who is She?

      PAUL W. HUNT

      Like a River

      PRATIBHA SAVANI

      Our Journey

      REBECCA KOŁODZEJ

      Forever Thine

      REBECCA CUTHBERT

      Wanted

      SHARMON GAZAWAY

      It Came with Violets

      SWAYAM PRASHANT

      The Beauty of Silence

      THEODORE AMAHLE NDLOVU

      Where is Love?

      SHELDON WOODBURY

      Forever

      ALEKSANDRA VUJISIĆ

      Words Like Sparrows

      KERI WITHINGTON

      Life Cycle Love Song

      CATHERINE A. MACKENZIE

      Last Vision/The Burial

      Oh, Dragonfly

      To Die a Death

      THE RAVENS QUOTH PRESS

      I found the rooted silence, rushing stream, and rustling leaves balm to the spirit.

      — Diana Gabaldon,

      Written in My Own Heart's Blood

      MARK ANDREW HEATHCOTEis an adult learning difficulties

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