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Read my Poem “Sit Down” Published by the Mourning Paper

I recently had my poem “Sit Down” published by the Mourning Paper.

They are a gothic, dark literary magazine that releases a variety of work from various writers. They have lifestyle, literature, and poetry, which is where I factor into this equation.

The poem that was published was called “Sit Down” and it is most certainly a horror poem. It is about a little girl ghost who imprisons families at a dinner table inside the house she used to live in. Recently, I’ve been exploring the concept of ghosts and the dead having motivation for their hauntings. I have been trying to experiment with the human reasons these nonhuman entities might have. I just never liked the idea of ghosts being mindless or emotionless plot devices in media.

You can read “Sit Down” on the Mourning Paper right here.

As always, with these posts about publications I highly suggest you read the rest of the material this fine publication has to offer. I don’t want to just promote these places because they published me or support literary horror. Too many literary magazines like the Mourning Paper are undervalued, and I don’t want them to vanish into obscurity. As I submit my work to many different lit magazines I see them vanishing into nothingness fairly often.

So please explore and support the Mourning Paper here.

Thank you for reading my work and have an amazing day!

Read my Poem “Sit Down” Published by the Mourning Paper

I recently had my poem “Sit Down” published by the Mourning Paper.

They are a gothic, dark literary magazine that releases a variety of work from various writers. They have lifestyle, literature, and poetry, which is where I factor into this equation.

The poem that was published was called “Sit Down” and it is most certainly a horror poem. It is about a little girl ghost who imprisons families at a dinner table inside the house she used to live in. Recently, I’ve been exploring the concept of ghosts and the dead having motivation for their hauntings. I have been trying to experiment with the human reasons these nonhuman entities might have. I just never liked the idea of ghosts being mindless or emotionless plot devices in media.

You can read “Sit Down” on the Mourning Paper right here.

As always, with these posts about publications I highly suggest you read the rest of the material this fine publication has to offer. I don’t want to just promote these places because they published me or support literary horror. Too many literary magazines like the Mourning Paper are undervalued, and I don’t want them to vanish into obscurity. As I submit my work to many different lit magazines I see them vanishing into nothingness fairly often.

So please explore and support the Mourning Paper here.

Thank you for reading my work and have an amazing day!

Read my Poem “Sit Down” Published by the Mourning Paper

I recently had my poem “Sit Down” published by the Mourning Paper.

They are a gothic, dark literary magazine that releases a variety of work from various writers. They have lifestyle, literature, and poetry, which is where I factor into this equation.

The poem that was published was called “Sit Down” and it is most certainly a horror poem. It is about a little girl ghost who imprisons families at a dinner table inside the house she used to live in. Recently, I’ve been exploring the concept of ghosts and the dead having motivation for their hauntings. I have been trying to experiment with the human reasons these nonhuman entities might have. I just never liked the idea of ghosts being mindless or emotionless plot devices in media.

You can read “Sit Down” on the Mourning Paper right here.

As always, with these posts about publications I highly suggest you read the rest of the material this fine publication has to offer. I don’t want to just promote these places because they published me or support literary horror. Too many literary magazines like the Mourning Paper are undervalued, and I don’t want them to vanish into obscurity. As I submit my work to many different lit magazines I see them vanishing into nothingness fairly often.

So please explore and support the Mourning Paper here.

Thank you for reading my work and have an amazing day!

Read my Poem “Sit Down” Published by the Mourning Paper

I recently had my poem “Sit Down” published by the Mourning Paper.

They are a gothic, dark literary magazine that releases a variety of work from various writers. They have lifestyle, literature, and poetry, which is where I factor into this equation.

The poem that was published was called “Sit Down” and it is most certainly a horror poem. It is about a little girl ghost who imprisons families at a dinner table inside the house she used to live in. Recently, I’ve been exploring the concept of ghosts and the dead having motivation for their hauntings. I have been trying to experiment with the human reasons these nonhuman entities might have. I just never liked the idea of ghosts being mindless or emotionless plot devices in media.

You can read “Sit Down” on the Mourning Paper right here.

As always, with these posts about publications I highly suggest you read the rest of the material this fine publication has to offer. I don’t want to just promote these places because they published me or support literary horror. Too many literary magazines like the Mourning Paper are undervalued, and I don’t want them to vanish into obscurity. As I submit my work to many different lit magazines I see them vanishing into nothingness fairly often.

So please explore and support the Mourning Paper here.

Thank you for reading my work and have an amazing day!

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: “𝗡𝘂𝗻𝗰 𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗺” -

𝑃𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑒 𝑑𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑟𝑒
𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝?

Another ekphrastic poem, a reflection upon visual arts, but this a bit more ironic in tone and topic!
https://waywordsstudio.com/verse/nunc-est-bibendum/

#poetry #poetrycommunity #originalpoetry #writingcommunity #ekphrasis #michelin #michelinman #bibendum #satire #colonialism #prayer #ode #rubber

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: “𝗡𝘂𝗻𝗰 𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗺” -

𝑃𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑒 𝑑𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑟𝑒
𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝?

Another ekphrastic poem, a reflection upon visual arts, but this a bit more ironic in tone and topic!
https://waywordsstudio.com/verse/nunc-est-bibendum/

#poetry #poetrycommunity #originalpoetry #writingcommunity #ekphrasis #michelin #michelinman #bibendum #satire #colonialism #prayer #ode #rubber

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: “𝗡𝘂𝗻𝗰 𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗺” -

𝑃𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑒 𝑑𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑟𝑒
𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝?

Another ekphrastic poem, a reflection upon visual arts, but this a bit more ironic in tone and topic!
https://waywordsstudio.com/verse/nunc-est-bibendum/

#poetry #poetrycommunity #originalpoetry #writingcommunity #ekphrasis #michelin #michelinman #bibendum #satire #colonialism #prayer #ode #rubber

The Cartography of You

https://papyrusofxanubisx.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/the-cartography-of-you/

Permeate myself
A symphony of symptoms
Hot tea melody

#dailyhaikuprompt Melody Hot Tea
#haiku #poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Permeate myself
A symphony of symptoms
Hot tea melody

#dailyhaikuprompt Melody Hot Tea
#haiku #poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#ScribesAndMakers 5/24 Warp

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Ancient wood
Softly warping
Forgotten

Sun and rain
Remember still

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #NMSAM #NMPrompts

#ScribesAndMakers 5/24 Warp

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Ancient wood
Softly warping
Forgotten

Sun and rain
Remember still

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #NMSAM #NMPrompts

Unrelenting

Sun, without pity,
burns the same children it feeds;
its passion untamed.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Unrelenting

Sun, without pity,
burns the same children it feeds;
its passion untamed.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Haiga (12)

https://creativeramblings.com/poetry/haiga-12/

#poetry #haiku #haiga #art #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Haiga (12)

https://creativeramblings.com/poetry/haiga-12/

#poetry #haiku #haiga #art #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

The Forest in Stone

https://papyrusofxanubisx.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/the-forest-in-stone/

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Wildness
not restrained
Splashes

Bouquet upon
elder’s seat

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Photography
#マストドン写真部 #写真 #poetry #詩 #Haiga #俳画 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #urbanphotography #Bloomscrolling #Flower #Seattle

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Wildness
not restrained
Splashes

Bouquet upon
elder’s seat

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Photography
#マストドン写真部 #写真 #poetry #詩 #Haiga #俳画 #NMPoetry #PoetryCommunity #urbanphotography #Bloomscrolling #Flower #Seattle

Insight

The trees are too wise
to care if those in their shade
deserve to be burnt.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

#Immerse yourself once
Then polish your glasses twice
Always wear mittens

#dailyhaikuprompt Mittens
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#Immerse yourself once
Then polish your glasses twice
Always wear mittens

#dailyhaikuprompt Mittens
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#Immerse yourself once
Then polish your glasses twice
Always wear mittens

#dailyhaikuprompt Mittens
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#Immerse yourself once
Then polish your glasses twice
Always wear mittens

#dailyhaikuprompt Mittens
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

#Immerse yourself once
Then polish your glasses twice
Always wear mittens

#dailyhaikuprompt Mittens
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels #senryu
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Victor

Moss claims hardest stone,
blanketing unyielding cold
with a soft embrace.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

#PennedPossibilities 1021 — Have you ever co-written a story before?

I have been given credit for co-writing, but all I really did was edit the story to be more understandable in English.

I have co-written poems. The last one was Saba Dreams: with @extraspecialbitter

Others with @MarkBrigham

Anyone interested in doing #rengay can join us.

#NMPP #NMPrompts #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #renga #haiku

#PennedPossibilities 1021 — Have you ever co-written a story before?

I have been given credit for co-writing, but all I really did was edit the story to be more understandable in English.

I have co-written poems. The last one was Saba Dreams: with @extraspecialbitter

Others with @MarkBrigham

Anyone interested in doing #rengay can join us.

#NMPP #NMPrompts #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #renga #haiku

#PennedPossibilities 1021 — Have you ever co-written a story before?

I have been given credit for co-writing, but all I really did was edit the story to be more understandable in English.

I have co-written poems. The last one was Saba Dreams: with @extraspecialbitter

Others with @MarkBrigham

Anyone interested in doing #rengay can join us.

#NMPP #NMPrompts #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #renga #haiku

#PennedPossibilities 1021 — Have you ever co-written a story before?

I have been given credit for co-writing, but all I really did was edit the story to be more understandable in English.

I have co-written poems. The last one was Saba Dreams: with @extraspecialbitter

Others with @MarkBrigham

Anyone interested in doing #rengay can join us.

#NMPP #NMPrompts #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #renga #haiku

#PennedPossibilities 1021 — Have you ever co-written a story before?

I have been given credit for co-writing, but all I really did was edit the story to be more understandable in English.

I have co-written poems. The last one was Saba Dreams: with @extraspecialbitter

Others with @MarkBrigham

Anyone interested in doing #rengay can join us.

#NMPP #NMPrompts #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #renga #haiku

Fate

We quickly forget
the Sun will not, always, rise;
darkness will prevail.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

more linger time less
time spent to take measure of
airing out grievance

#dailyhaikuprompt Airing Out
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems
#senryu

📷🎨🖼✍️ Coming June 1st: #paintbywords is a weekly #prompt and a # for your new or published work. Family-friendly #photography, #fineart, and #poetry are welcome. For #haiku, use the weekly #kigo prompt. Follow @[email protected], add the # to join, or to share. #eastcoastkin #poetrycommunity

📷🎨🖼✍️ Coming June 1st: #paintbywords is a weekly #prompt and a # for your new or published work. Family-friendly #photography, #fineart, and #poetry are welcome. For #haiku, use the weekly #kigo prompt. Follow @[email protected], add the # to join, or to share. #eastcoastkin #poetrycommunity

📷🎨🖼✍️ Coming June 1st: #paintbywords is a weekly #prompt and a # for your new or published work. Family-friendly #photography, #fineart, and #poetry are welcome. For #haiku, use the weekly #kigo prompt. Follow @[email protected], add the # to join, or to share. #eastcoastkin #poetrycommunity

📷🎨🖼✍️ Coming June 1st: #paintbywords is a weekly #prompt and a # for your new or published work. Family-friendly #photography, #fineart, and #poetry are welcome. For #haiku, use the weekly #kigo prompt. Follow @[email protected], add the # to join, or to share. #eastcoastkin #poetrycommunity

📷🎨🖼✍️ Coming June 1st: #paintbywords is a weekly #prompt and a # for your new or published work. Family-friendly #photography, #fineart, and #poetry are welcome. For #haiku, use the weekly #kigo prompt. Follow @[email protected], add the # to join, or to share. #eastcoastkin #poetrycommunity

Long Lost

I have walked today,
forgetful of ancient times,
until they called me;
but memory is a curse
reopening wounds thought healed.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Old Woodland

There was such stillness
beneath the trees, by a stream
heavy with the past.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Invitation

There is a strange voice
borne on the night wind, calling;
it bids my soul: "Come."

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Misjudged

Do not mistake me
for one who bears light and peace,
to dispel shadows;
there are caverns in my soul
whence Sun and Moon have long fled.

Wind speaks in accents
of ancient, long dead, tongues,
and my heart answers;
it feels rage and loss, and howls
for lives wasted through æons.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

YouTube self help tip
Yellowing of the sclera
A flashing red light

#dailyhaikuprompts yellowing
#haiku #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems

Behind dark glasses
My eyes scan with bad #intent
Ambrosial frames

#dailyhaikuprompts ambrosial
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Behind dark glasses
My eyes scan with bad #intent
Ambrosial frames

#dailyhaikuprompts ambrosial
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Behind dark glasses
My eyes scan with bad #intent
Ambrosial frames

#dailyhaikuprompts ambrosial
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Behind dark glasses
My eyes scan with bad #intent
Ambrosial frames

#dailyhaikuprompts ambrosial
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems

Behind dark glasses
My eyes scan with bad #intent
Ambrosial frames

#dailyhaikuprompts ambrosial
#haiku #vss365 #haikufeels
#poetrycommunity #smallpoems