Hauntings are personal. The Unruly Ones contemplate those visceral never-forget-it-yikes-and-shudder moments. Relationships can haunt and so can actions in the past, a stirring story, dread lurking in the corners of a house, a cultural moment of loss and tragedy. What is a haunting made of? How do we encounter it? Can ghosts be controlled or removed or do they have a mind of their own? Can forgiveness tame the haunted soul? We aim to cast some sunlight on the shadows.
Poem 1: “Ghosts in my Pockets” by Julie Williams, author of Escaping Tornado Season and Drama Queens in the House.
Song 1: Chalk Marks (poem by Ivria Sackton of Austin TX, 1981, arranged and sung by jvm)
Poem 2: “Comfort Inn” by Scott Wiggerman, from his first book Vegetables and Other Relationships.
Story excerpt: from “The Last Usher” in The Lost Archive by Lynn C. Miller (2023) https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm
Feed the Cat Break: "Night Light" by jvm
Prose excerpt: from the novel The Blue Diamond by John Vincent Modaff (amazon)
Song 2: Ghost Melodies (jvm; harmonica by Dave Merrill)
Episode artwork by Lynda Miller
Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI
The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY.
NEXT UP: Episode 29, “Taking the Leap”