...something I knew I should know
Winging away from the grimmer north
A glimmer of light through the trees
They flew away in fear
but not of the coming cold
Crickets crooning and humming
their hale and haunting tune
While I hunt the hiding hare
under the taunting moon
There
A snapping twig
A rush of paws
Snow churning lightly
Rifle rising to accept my sight
I-
Nothing
The hare gone
The crickets quiet
The air heavy as if bearing up some great owl
Silent talons thirsting
But I am a fool
A boy afraid
of naught but moonbeams walking in the shadows
A fool
I am the only hunter out tonight
My next step meets no knee deep snow
A glance below reveals in the moon pale glow
A giant footprint stained a screaming red
Hare crushed into the frozen forest loam
She looked across the white gripped field
A small hush of some distress ripping upon her fears
Of a husband hunting in the forest
Across the bed where a river once did flow
Strange tears carressed her eyes
As her husband died screaming
Cries muffled in the snow
Author notes
D e m i n g t o n
-Horror poem
This was originally an entry into a titles contest. I felt like trying to challenge myself by taking a relatively harmless title and make it eerie.
The poem was all off the top of my head, just go with the flow...as usual I suppose.
Hope you liked!
IC C
A contest entry
- Shadows of the Heart (Round 1/3) Titles (Can now enter 2) by ShiningNShadows.
400 points, ended February 9, 17 entries
Bronze trophy winner
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Respect is asked for, given and understood... :)
Comments
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Awesome! What an end for the hunter!
Good luck in the contest!
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The start was brilliant, use of alliteration moved the flow nicely. I felt towards the end, you drifted a little. Which as stated in your authors notes, you just wrote. I think we when write like that, it's kind of a thought process. I do think you have strong imagery within here, it held me on wanting to reach the end, which not many poems manage lately.
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excellent, thank you for entering!
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Thanks for entering!
I did, I did like!
Thankyou for entering and good luck!!
Maria
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This is creepy as hell.
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Crickets crooning and humming
their hale and haunting tune
While I hunt the hiding hare
under the taunting moon
I espcially like the rhyming in this stanza. This was the first scary poem I have gotten in my contest. Good job and good luck in the contest! -
woah... where are these coming from?
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Not sure. I get this ambiguous urge to write something...so I sit down at the computer and just type away until the feeling is gone.
Usually how it works anyway. Unless someone gives me a title to work with.
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Wow, I really like this piece. Your use of imagery and your diction choice is incredible. Thank you for entering. I love the metaphors and similies. Great job. Thanks again and good luck!
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