Her husband’s appetite ground her down.
Refusing to eat, she perished.
Death’s embrace enhanced her looks,
Empowered her vengeance.
The Dearg Due’s
Beauty lured men.
She consumed
One thing:
Blood.
About the Author
Native New Yorker. Poet. Writer. Dramatist. In 2024 LindaAnn LoSchiavo had three poetry books published in 3 different countries; two titles won multiple awards.
In 2025 two titles are forthcoming: “Cancer Courts My Mother” and “Vampire Verses” – fully illustrated by Giulia Massarin.
A segment of my formal verse functions as dispatches from the Bar-do—that liminal space I escape to with my imaginative alter-egos and my gothic predilections.
