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{---Samhain---}

The chantings.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Within the fog shrouded moments Of tomorrows unknown day You wait for something Something strange.... To mute your path With these ghostlike things While as you walk Along their daunting dreams Of twisting smiles And ludicrous scenes.... Caricatures faces That they always seem Calling unto your spirit Enticingly.... As they try to draw you in Into the corners Of their darkened sin! Worn upon the vestige Of these hearts That can no longer hide Ghouls and goblins Of another, kind.... Wrapped in this flesh And pretty, unto the eyes Their quest is your soul Hidden, within the carnage Of their forlorn disguise.... These barers, of the false chalices Poisoned wine! Sentinels of the sepulchres That long for your life.... Howling at the moon Amid the midnight moors Transylvanias castles Awakened, from their lores These Jekylls and these Hydes From the shadows, born.... The jackals of the harvest .............Of............. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {---Samhain---}

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 10/28/2008 10:44:00 PM
Hello John... It wold be impossible to take offense, by words written so beautifully ... perhaps it is I who should apologize for my Ill- considered choice of words... But perhaps as you say the write is meant to be a warning.. it had the right effect and needed other words to describe the feeling I received when reading it..... Thank you as always John
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Date: 10/28/2008 12:11:00 PM
Hello John... and once again I extend my gratitude for all your comments... RE. your comment on "Surfing With White Whales" ... have to say John , no I am not a surfer and have never been surfing in my entire life... much to my own loss.. the poem is about the murder and extinction of Whales. I found Samhain to be very dark, somewhat different from the light in your other work John, almost creepy, but not in its description, rather in its implication ....
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Date: 10/28/2008 3:49:00 AM
Hello dear John- a very classy write! It had profoundness all over and look somewhere in heart it carried messages so sweet:) You are indeed a genius, forming vivid circles of words with your ink:) Blessings, Chitra
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Date: 10/28/2008 3:22:00 AM
Oooo, it could not get morw spooky that the halloween theme actually taking your soul. Loved this vivid write! Love Kristin
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Date: 10/27/2008 11:01:00 PM
John you are in a class of your own. You have a creative genius about you. I don't want to sound flattering too much but it's the truth. Jesus has really blessed you with that mind of yours. I humble myself to you John and strive to know one tenth of your creative genius. Sincerely Michael Torres blessings my brother.
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Date: 10/27/2008 7:37:00 PM
John my dear friend - This poem stands in a class all its own - Very profound message wisely encased in a Halloween atmosphere - Excellent poetry you have penned here John - You know John I guess for some reason we have had our ups and downs but like I've said before I know they are from the from the heart and for all the right reasons - I do try hard to aspire to what the Lord ask of me - I love you brother - God Bless, Michael
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Date: 10/27/2008 1:25:00 PM
aplomb and applause..... !!!
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