The Hungry Ghost Festival Author:Jen Campbell The Hungry Ghost Festival concerns misremembered and strange things. It's about girls praying to The Angel of the North. It's about a mermaid born in the river Tyne. It's about Chinese lanterns, teenagers at the beach, and a family who run a sacred farm. — ..You pick my arms up and spread them out — so we are matching. Our woollen scar... more »ves
touch our noses - catch our breath
like cloth balloons. We dig our feet into the soil
and stamp down into the very deep.
Somewhere below, the river sleeps with a lady
screeching. She has arms that could carry boulders