In the spirit of sharing leftover Halloween candy, I offer both Catherine's deliciously creepy "Bête Noire"...
http://www.umbrellajournal.com/winte...ufariello.html
...and the cat's tail in her "Lorenzo Lotto's Annunciation" ekphrastic:
http://www.poemtree.com/poems/Lorenz...nunciation.htm
Thanks for the sugar buzz, Catherine! And welcome back to the Sphere!
Julie Stoner
PS--Alicia's "Ultrasound" goes very nicely with Catherine's "First Contact":
http://www.32poems.com/poems/aestallings.html
Thanks for that one, too, Alicia!