The Gift by BlueLotus7
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I am finally allowed to post my winning poem in the Renderosity Magazine Halloween contest! It was a wonderful experience! Took me all of 20 minutes to write with no rewrites! My muse was with me!--and has laid back on laurels ever since! LOL Enjoy!
The Gift
Thunderous hoofbeats in the dead of night
No mortal could this be on such a flight,
You know of course the dead don't rot
Instead they rise up this eve and plot.
Brittle leaves scattered o'er street
Grotesque shadows dog your feet,
Full moon leers behind blackened tree
Locks of long hair caught as you flee.
Run past graves lost in the mist
Cannot deny that ghosts exist,
Skeletal hand breaks the ground
To the baying of Hell's own hound.
Jack O'Lantern grins fire from his fields
Stalks of dried corn are the swords he wields,
Ravens raucously mock labored breath
Telling of some soul's gruesome death.
Invocation of the warlock raises
Demons born to give him praises,
Goblins run to do his bidding
Leaping to the Devil's fiddling.
White of skin and long of fangs
See the vampire where he hangs,
Swooping down out of the wood
Desiring only to drink your blood.
Ancient hag lodged beneath the oak
Stirs the cauldron behind the smoke,
Cackling laughter splits the air
As you stumble up your stair.
Fumbling with the key and latch
Your only light a moonlit patch,
At last behind the door and safe
No longer Halloween's lost waif.
Light the fire and stir the ash
Finally time to count the cache,
Chocolate, candy, caramel, too
Lots and lots of sticky goo!
You laugh and dance late this day
Knowing you've escaped the fae,
Until you notice as midnight closes
The large bouquet of dead red roses...
--Ramona L. Bryans (c.2004)
Comments (21)
Sweetie, you have a way with words like no other...what a fantabulous poem you have written here. I couldn't come up with anything this grand if given 20 years, much less 20 minutes...no wonder it won!!! {{{HUGS}}}
Oh, this is absolutely wonderful!!! All I know are limericks!! LOL!! A well deserved win!!! EXCELLENT!!!
sorry about my english, i dont understand all. but i like this i did understand . !!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!
Excellent poem and congratulations for winning the contest!!
Fantastic piece! Congrats hun!
Such a wonderful writing :o) Congrats on winning. Inspires me to do more of mine... perhaps soon I'll have the time to get them posted here as well :o)
A very inspried poem! Wow, this is absolutely fantastic. Such grand and grewsome images- really captures the Halloween spirit. Congrats on this well deserved win. :o) CC
Oh wow -- this is FANTASTIC!! I absolutely love your way with words:) Congrats!!!
AWESOME! That is definitely a winner if I ever saw one. The way your words flow, and the rhyming are both so incredible. You take the reader on a spooky and delicious trip. Brilliant writing and a huge Congratulations!
hey, excellent done BlueLotus7
"Took me all of 20 minutes to write with no rewrites!" -- stop rubbing it in. WINK. Love the rhyme to this. Like my type of style I sometimes use, only yours is a ''whole'' bunch better. Excellent.
Holy chit, you need this published somewhere!!
That's great Ramona! congratulations on the winner!...20 minutes!!lol
~Fantastic~ You do have a Talent for writing :) Congrats... EXCELLENT!!
Wicked verse friend...Truly impressive work!!!...:)
Very wicked! And congrats on winning!
As always, an excellent job from you:o) Congratulations!!
Awesome poem! Congrats on winning the contest. you're amazing!
Congrats on the winning,you always create wonderfull work and you truely deserve the recognition!!I'll catch up eventually with what Ive mised:-))bye cal
great! no wonder you won fantastic words I love poetry it brings warmth to my soul!! and this did indeed;
A superb piece of poetry, my dear Ramona. btw do you read your sitemail?? Right-hand column under 'member links' Hugs Mike