This poem is in response to #ekphrasticchallenge mentioned below.

folktober #ekphrasticchallenge. Day Sixteen. To celebrate the launch of my new poetry collection “As Folktaleteller” I am downloading 93 folklore art images, 3 per day in October and asking writers to write poetry or a short prose inspired by one, two or all three images. Please join Jane Dougherty, Jacqueline Dempsey-Cohen, Dave Garbutt, Merril Smith and I, plus those who react to the images on the day, as we explore images from folktales.

Her evil and dark envelope
as she haunts the night
preying on the innocent believers
hiding death under a gown

She walks with purpose
looking for the meek
longing for the ones
whose pride is hidden
in vestments of black

Beware the cover
where God is hidden
in a different place
not here in a chantry
to be cloaked
by an angel of hell

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