Unwanted Tour Guide / Spell 4 Diaspore
Unwanted Tour Guide
I have become
a tour guide for the devil.
Strangers roam my neighborhood
look for the devil’s footprint
stare in sorrow
at the saltbox colonial
that served to condemn
the local women
who made cows die,
who dried up maternal milk.
I know who they are
stand in the middle of the commons
read brochures, check maps.
I approach with my guinea charm
with my immigrant babble
these aren’t my stories
but I know them.
I proceed with facts
the devil’s jump from the belfry
the trial and conviction of witchy women,
flash of eyes
hands with Napolitana gestures,
my uncle Nick
would be so proud of my delivery.
I live here.
I point to my garden
heirloom tomatoes, basil, vegetables,
they fill my migrant plate.
I make the earth feed me.
I make strangers
listen to the stories
of the people nobody wanted.
Spell 4 Diaspore
Emma Driskill
Mixed Media
- Diana Lynch
About the Creators
Diana Lynch
Diana Rose Lynch is a language teacher who teaches writing at Boston University. The Ekphrastic Review published her first poem in 2020. Her poetry was featured at Dogtown On My Mind: Reading and Discussion Celebrating Dogtown in the Writer’s Imagination Today. Discover Gloucester published two of her Dogtown poems in celebration of Gloucester 400. In addition, 400 Stories Project published her poetry in 2023. Unwanted Tour Guide was recently published in the Somerville Times in 2025. When she is not teaching, she writes poetry, gardens, hikes, and cooks like she is an undiscovered celebrity chef. She lives in Ipswich with the Devil’s footprint visible from her bedroom window. She is an attending member of the Gloucester Writing Center and is currently working on a collection of poetry.
Emma Driskill
Emma Driskill is a multidisciplinary artist, ritual facilitator, and practicing witch based in Massachusetts. She has decades of experience in witchcraft and has spent over twenty years working with tarot and spellwork. Her creative practice centers on transformation, personal mythology, and intuitive storytelling through immersive, symbol-rich photography and multimedia compositions.
Emma is the creative producer at Lux et Umbra, a fine art photography studio dedicated to exploring identity, shadow work, and sacred connection through collaborative portraiture and experiential events.
In addition to her artistic work, Emma is a project manager with over seven years of experience working alongside libraries. When she’s not creating altars or facilitating group rituals, she enjoys chaotic craft projects, spending time with her tiny dog Willa and husband Conor, and assembling elaborate charcuterie boards in Georgetown, MA