A Midnight Lesson
A dark cloud dashed in and shrouded the dozing moon;
A gusty wind thudded the door closed; clock struck noon;
A jackal howled from the thicket, behind my room;
And flapped in a gross looking bat right from the doom.
“Hail!” screamed a spider from a web above my bed;
A cockroach splattered his wings right below my head;
The bat licks his lips, popped out his blazing eyes,
"Clicked" and thundered me never, ever to tell lies.
*A 5th Place* in the following contest (judged on Nov. 5, 2020)
Oct. 30, 2020:
8 Lines of Spooky Rhyme Poetry Contest
Contest Sponsor: Tania Kitcin
Copyright © Newton Ranaweera | Year Posted 2020
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