Terry Flood Poet Rhyme

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 October 31, 2022 at 5:03 PM OK- Now I need to beware of grass mounds...too scary to contemplate. :) Congrats on your win, Terry! Terry Flood October 31, 2022 at 5:12 PM Thanks, Ann. Don’t worry, you’re safe for a year now. ;-) Terry

Hat Bueckert October 31, 2022 at 8:55 AM I'll think twice next time i'm walking through the park haha, nice write, very chilling! loved the stalactite teeth! Terry Flood October 31, 2022 at 5:09 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 October 31, 2022 at 6:57 AM Goosebumps Terry. This is wonderfully scary. Congratulations on your win! :) Linda Alice Fowler October 31, 2022 at 10:50 AM LOL. You should :)) Terry Flood October 31, 2022 at 8:14 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 October 31, 2022 at 5:21 AM Terry, congratulations on your top placement with this sinister story of Halloween lore!! Well done!! Terry Flood October 31, 2022 at 8:14 AM Thanks, Mike. Well chuffed with a first. Terry

Charles Messina October 31, 2022 at 3:04 AM Terrific poem, Terry. Congratulations on your 1st place win with this gem! Charlie Terry Flood October 31, 2022 at 3:19 AM Thanks, Charles. Just when you thought it was safe to picnic… ;-)

Terry Miller October 31, 2022 at 1:46 AM Well done, Terry, super spooky; congratulations. Terry Flood October 31, 2022 at 3:00 AM Thanks, Terry. Glad you enjoyed. Terry

Sam Kauffman October 30, 2022 at 8:51 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 October 31, 2022 at 2:59 AM Thanks, Sam. Hoped for a place but wasn’t expecting a first place. So I’m chuffed.

Janice Canerdy October 30, 2022 at 6:04 PM Terry, this is a skillfully written, creative, TERRIFYING winning poem! Janice Terry Flood October 31, 2022 at 2:55 AM Thank you, Janice. Don’t worry, MOST grassy mounds are just grassy mounds. Terry

Malabika Ray Choudhury October 30, 2022 at 5:39 PM Congratulations on your top win, Terry! A really spooky poem - I get a chill! Terry Flood October 31, 2022 at 2:52 AM Thank you, Malabika. Glad you enjoyed. Terry

Tania Kitchin October 30, 2022 at 4:14 PM Terry, congratulations on your first place win with your scary poem, well done! Terry Flood October 30, 2022 at 4:17 PM Thanks so much, Tania. Much appreciated. Terry

Sam Kauffman October 25, 2022 at 11:11 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 October 25, 2022 at 11:22 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 October 15, 2022 at 8:03 PM Bwa-ha-ha! ... This is quite a tale of a tell! :) gw Terry Flood October 17, 2022 at 12:00 PM I struggle to do “16 lines or less” but this was my go at it.

Jeff Kyser October 14, 2022 at 6:56 PM There we go, nice one. Jeff Kyser October 30, 2022 at 5:20 PM Ah, you should have - congrats on the first place score! Terry Flood October 17, 2022 at 11:59 AM I did a picture for this one. It was so laughable, I almost put it up just for a giggle. Decided against it.