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LindaAnn LoSchiavo's avatar

"It is difficult / to get the news from poems / yet men die miserably every day / for lack / of what is found there" - - - - - - William Carlos Williams. #quote

"The Faculty at Ghost Academy"

by LindaAnn LoSchiavo

Elite instructors here will guide your path

To greatness. We’ve hired Faulkner, Hemingway.

Our playwrights will get your work on Broadway.

Do you aspire to be another Plath?

We’ll introduce you; Sylvia’s on staff.

Let ghosts who’ve made their name in letters sway

Your publishers with marked advanced acclaim.

Compare our rates to others. Do the math.

The afterlife was boring. Now they’re here

At Ghost Academy, where you’ll succeed

In writing ten bestsellers — or Macbeth,

Collaborating with the real Shakespeare.

With spirited assistance guaranteed,

Your books will earn a living after death.

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http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue902/ghost_academy.html

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Ron Wetherington's avatar

Well done in the best of the senses! The best writing evokes rather than describes. I can taste it all!

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