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Lycanthrope (returns)

“Blue Wolf” drawn with ink on paper by Sanford Ross Bender
“Lycanthrope ” composed and performed with vocals, guitar, concertina, and banjo by Sanford Ross Bender on August 7, 2026.

Lycanthrope

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Darting furtively through the mist,

Cursed under lunar brightness,

The valiancy of my heart,

Slashed by razor teeth,

Became my darkest side.

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Evil enclosing,

My nocturnal lair,

Mud tracked prints,

Find me sprawled,

In the dawn of twisted sheets,

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Like tormented trees,

Gnarled from remembering,

What blackened life,

Is forever gone.

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But only the music,

Of wind and owls,

And the crackling rain,

Had abided my incessant howls,

Until yet another night,

When gliding clouds,

Reveal another full newness of moon.

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-Poem by Sanford Ross Bender

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Wolfbane

“Red Wolf” drawn with colored pencils on paper by Sanford Ross Bender
“Wolfbane” composed and perforned with guitar, banjo, and concertina on September 23, 2023,
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Witch hat

“Broom fly over” drawn with graphite pencil on paper by Sanford Ross Bender in 2021
“Witch hat morning” composed, performed, and recorded with banjo, dobro, concertina, and glockenspiel by Sanford Ross Bender on September 27, 2022
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Lycanthrope

“Lycanthrope” composed, performed, and recorded with voice singing original poem and accompaniment on guitar, and banjo by S.R. Bender on December 24, 2015
“Werewolf” painted with gouache by S.R. Bender

Lycanthrope

Darting furtively through the mist

Cursed under lunar brightness

The valiancy of my heart

Slashed by razor teeth

Became my darkest side

Evil enclosing

My nocturnal lair

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Mud tracked prints

Find me sprawled

In the dawn of twisted sheets

Like tormented trees

Gnarled from remembering

What blackened life

Is forever gone

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

But only the music

Of wind and owls

And the crackling rain

Had abided my incessant howls

Until yet another night

When gliding clouds

Reveal another full newness of moon

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

S.R. Bender, January 8, 2011