Graveyard Tales

Her blood curdled when she heard the howl
  But she kept on moving like a ghost on the prowl   
And quickened her steps to reach that place
Where someone waited for her embrace

In a graveyard in the dead of night
She met her lover in the pale moonlight
He was tall and frail,    all dressed in black
Then  when she got closer, he attacked

Biting her neck with bloodthirsty  desire
 She then became a  vampire
Other vampires emerged soon after
And filled the graveyard with ghoulish laughter

But the wicked witch who lived up  the road
had observed the bloodsuckers from her high abode
She despised the vampires, it was plain to tell
And cackled as she conjured up spells

The vampires knew of the evil witch
And they were prepared to win this fight
So they hatched a plan to kill the witch
As their blood thirst  grew from night to night

But the wicked witch was one step ahead
And turned them all to rats instead
In the dead of night under a full moon
They squeaked and scampered from tomb to tomb
While  the cackling  witch flew away on her broom
There is cause for alarm and reason to dread
The vampire rats now feed on the dead

Though the dearly  departed can have no dreams
Neither can they speak  or scheme
But if you pass the graveyard in the pale moon's gleam
Listen carefully and you'll hear them SCREAM .
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Deschler Avatar
February 28, 2015 at 2:06 PM
I really enjoyed reading your imaginative and dark tale, Joseph. The rhyme and flow of the story is just wonderful! Congrats on the win!
A  Avatar
February 22, 2015 at 5:46 PM
Hi Joseph, CONGRATULATIONS, on your Win, Love ~SKAT~
D. Avatar
February 22, 2015 at 5:25 PM
Joseph, Sorry, it took this long to close my contest. Congrats :) NATE
A   Avatar
July 29, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Joseph, i'm a little late congratulating all my sisters past contest. I'm enjoying all the DARK EERIE POETRY TALES. entries..*Looks like it was a fun CONTEST* Thank you for the entertainment :-) very eeeerie of you... take care~PD
May Avatar
July 30, 2012 at 5:56 AM
yes it was a fun contest PD...thanks and be well
Brown Avatar
July 27, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Congratulations on your win in ~SKAT~'s "Dark Eerie" contest Joseph. Love, Carol
May Avatar
July 30, 2012 at 5:54 AM
thank you Carol
Tams The Golden Girl Avatar
July 26, 2012 at 3:33 AM
Congratulations Joseph , knew it was a winner xx
May Avatar
July 26, 2012 at 6:06 AM
thanks Mandy
Williams Avatar
July 25, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Joseph congrats on your win, I have just commented on this today...D.
May Avatar
July 26, 2012 at 6:05 AM
thanks David
Tams The Golden Girl Avatar
July 20, 2012 at 2:32 AM
Love this Joseph just what i want xx soup mail
May Avatar
July 20, 2012 at 6:43 AM
thanks Mandy..I didn't get the soup mail yet
Dietrich Avatar
July 17, 2012 at 10:05 PM
I like the eery turn this took! Vampire rats. How inventive!!
May Avatar
July 20, 2012 at 6:37 AM
thanks Andrea
Nickle Read Avatar
July 16, 2012 at 3:00 AM
I hope your poem is one day recited around camp fire's warmth to send shivers down the the spines of those gathered, Wonderful. Read ;~)
May Avatar
July 16, 2012 at 7:06 AM
thank for those nice words David
O'Leary Avatar
July 15, 2012 at 3:25 PM
Very nice... but the evil witch wasn't so very evil was she? At least one good deed to her credit... ;-) Terry
May Avatar
July 15, 2012 at 5:51 PM
yes that was her good deed...lol....thanks for your comments Terry
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