A little Halloween poem for you from Poetry of Monsters and Madness. The Hessian When the swirl of autumn leavesstirs the dank smell of loam and dirtand the bright moon shimmers throughthe shadow of bare-boned oaken trees When the witching hour whispersto the prowling echoes of the deadand that reverberation of hoofbeatsthunders down the lonesome... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Day 4 and my annual October Frights Dark Poetry segment Photo by samer daboul on Pexels.com Shadows in the Mirror Shifting glassin the darkreflectionsof facesthat shouldn’t beMama, mama,he cries out,nightmares are realShush,it was a dreamThere are nomonsters Mama smilesreassuringly Until the morningwhen the lightrevealsa missingchild Within the Woods Like reaching fingersunder moonlightthe branches... Continue Reading →
I didn't quite finish the drabbles this week so I'll give you a poem instead. I wrote this one for a writing exercise, I hope you enjoy. Drabble Wednesday will be back next week with Frankie and Joni. Photo by Alexander Krivitskiy on Pexels.com Unsatisfactory Conclusions in a void, empty and isolatedconnectiveturn your back on... Continue Reading →
So we come to the last day of this year's National Poetry Month. I give you a free verse poem from the prompt Sharp Edges. Enjoy. Photo by Thiago Matos on Pexels.com Sharp Edges Sharp toneDeep cutinto whatis your psycheA wallop in your gutfalling, falling within a dark engulfing fuseWords bury you, a smothering debristriggering... Continue Reading →
Today's poem is a triolet from the prompt, Hidden Midnight. Enjoy. Photo by Amar Saleem on Pexels.com Hidden Midnight Within a tick of the winding clockas the witching hour passesShadows form and devils flockwithin a tick of the winding clock,while the shapes of death stalkagainst your eternity and ashesWithin a tick of the winding clockas... Continue Reading →
Be Afraid of the Dark 