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Halloween Harvester

In Halloween week once the days have turned dark He lurks where the lamplight cannot leave it’s mark And late night dog walkers whose dogs do not bark All steer a wide path as he harvests the park By day he is nought but a grass covered mound But a light in the night would show flat level ground His nocturnal quarter a shady enclave And there he will wait for the dim…. or the brave This giant whose mouth is a ravenous cavern To vacuum up strollers too long in the tavern Each rushing home to an ill-tempered wife He fillets their bones with no cleaver or knife His yawn reveals hundreds of stalactite teeth His tongue is as rough as a storm ravaged reef And with hunger sated he shall not be found As he rests for a year as a grass covered mound 15 October 2022 Contest: 12 - 16 lines, Scary Halloween Sponsor: Tania Kitchin

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Ann Peck

Date: 10/31/2022 5:03:00 PM

OK- Now I need to beware of grass mounds...too scary to contemplate. :) Congrats on your win, Terry!

Terry Flood
Date: 10/31/2022 5:12:00 PM

Thanks, Ann. Don’t worry, you’re safe for a year now. ;-) Terry

Hat Bueckert

Date: 10/31/2022 8:55:00 AM

I'll think twice next time i'm walking through the park haha, nice write, very chilling! loved the stalactite teeth!

Terry Flood
Date: 10/31/2022 5:09:00 PM

Thanks, Hat. I was Googling the difference between stalactites and stalagmites and then I remembered the old adage, “Tites come down”. ;-) Terry

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 10/31/2022 6:57:00 AM

Goosebumps Terry. This is wonderfully scary. Congratulations on your win! :)

Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 10/31/2022 10:50:00 AM

LOL. You should :))

Terry Flood
Date: 10/31/2022 8:14:00 AM

Maybe I’ll put my drawing up as a ‘fun’ blog. It was awful and would have left everyone laughing rather than trembling. Thanks, Linda. Terry

Mike Gentile

Date: 10/31/2022 5:21:00 AM

Terry, congratulations on your top placement with this sinister story of Halloween lore!! Well done!!

Terry Flood
Date: 10/31/2022 8:14:00 AM

Thanks, Mike. Well chuffed with a first. Terry

Charles Messina

Date: 10/31/2022 3:04:00 AM

Terrific poem, Terry. Congratulations on your 1st place win with this gem! Charlie

Terry Flood
Date: 10/31/2022 3:19:00 AM

Thanks, Charles. Just when you thought it was safe to picnic… ;-)

Terry Miller

Date: 10/31/2022 1:46:00 AM

Well done, Terry, super spooky; congratulations.

Terry Flood
Date: 10/31/2022 3:00:00 AM

Thanks, Terry. Glad you enjoyed. Terry

Sam Kauffman

Date: 10/30/2022 8:51:00 PM

Back with congratulations for your scary "hill monster" Terry. What a wonderful, imaginative concept - spooky, scary and hair raising. Thank I'll stay away from the local park on Halloween!!! Blessings! Happy Halloween!

Terry Flood
Date: 10/31/2022 2:59:00 AM

Thanks, Sam. Hoped for a place but wasn’t expecting a first place. So I’m chuffed.

Janice Canerdy

Date: 10/30/2022 6:04:00 PM

Terry, this is a skillfully written, creative, TERRIFYING winning poem! Janice

Terry Flood
Date: 10/31/2022 2:55:00 AM

Thank you, Janice. Don’t worry, MOST grassy mounds are just grassy mounds. Terry

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 10/30/2022 5:39:00 PM

Congratulations on your top win, Terry! A really spooky poem - I get a chill!

Terry Flood
Date: 10/31/2022 2:52:00 AM

Thank you, Malabika. Glad you enjoyed. Terry

Tania Kitchin

Date: 10/30/2022 4:14:00 PM

Terry, congratulations on your first place win with your scary poem, well done!

Terry Flood
Date: 10/30/2022 4:17:00 PM

Thanks so much, Tania. Much appreciated. Terry

Sam Kauffman

Date: 10/25/2022 11:11:00 AM

Beware! Very sinister and very scary these things we take for granted in the daylight and emerge on Halloween night. Well done Terry! Best wishes for the contest. Blessings!

Terry Flood
Date: 10/25/2022 11:22:00 AM

Thank you, Sam. Don’t really know what made me think of a ‘hill creature’ that awakes for Halloween. I can only presume there’s other weirdies waiting to get out of my head…. Here’s hoping! Glad you enjoyed. Terry

Gershon Wolf

Date: 10/15/2022 8:03:00 PM

Bwa-ha-ha! ... This is quite a tale of a tell! :) gw

Terry Flood
Date: 10/17/2022 12:00:00 PM

I struggle to do “16 lines or less” but this was my go at it.

Jeff Kyser

Date: 10/14/2022 6:56:00 PM

There we go, nice one.

Jeff Kyser
Date: 10/30/2022 5:20:00 PM

Ah, you should have - congrats on the first place score!

Terry Flood
Date: 10/17/2022 11:59:00 AM

I did a picture for this one. It was so laughable, I almost put it up just for a giggle. Decided against it.