Hannah Elliott, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org Literary Arts Journal Sun, 04 Aug 2024 23:01:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/hyacinthreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-Hyacinth-H-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Hannah Elliott, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org 32 32 199531397 Ughten https://hyacinthreview.org/hannah-elliott-ughten/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hannah-elliott-ughten Wed, 11 Dec 2024 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=6887 ughten – morning twilight, the part of night immediately before daybreak, originating from the Scandinavian word ‘otta’ and German ‘uchten’. I took pause under the sky the brow of night rose, incredulous at my stopping as I, aflush and not afraid of aching cold ears, breathed in winter Tasting snow, tingling and pure I saw…

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]]> 6887 These Witches https://hyacinthreview.org/hannah-elliott-these-witches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hannah-elliott-these-witches Wed, 30 Oct 2024 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=6875 Preferably, they were not innocent. Tales of pricking, doomed trials we would rather deduce that they were, in fact, in possession of magic. Girls gather beneath falling pine needles with the sickle moon to witness as they brew and recite that which turns the tongue sharp, eyes dark, sets the priest quivering. We’d rather it…

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]]> 6875 Desperate Muse https://hyacinthreview.org/hannah-elliott-desperate-muse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hannah-elliott-desperate-muse Fri, 07 Apr 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=4016 Pearls pool in the hollow of her throat golden curling crown of hair, with ringlet wisps at her ears her face is turned towards the sun beams posing for the portrait, she hears the brush sweep against the canvas smells the paint, imagines herself immortalised to be fawned over by hearts not yet born the…

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]]> 4016 Dear Emma https://hyacinthreview.org/hannah-elliott-dear-emma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hannah-elliott-dear-emma Fri, 10 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=3988 The post Dear Emma appeared first on The Hyacinth Review.

]]> 3988 ode to the spear of Autumn https://hyacinthreview.org/hannah-elliott-ode-to-the-spear-of-autumn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hannah-elliott-ode-to-the-spear-of-autumn Mon, 09 Jan 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=3881 mist thick with the yawning breath of October I begged for us to pick the last of the blackberries lining the pathway Plump with purple nectar hesitant fingers dodging thorns for the prize the rancid apples that long ago fell with their cloying stink, sit in the long grass where dewdrops settle strong and glistening…

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