Tom Cunningham Poet Verse

Hell

On pathways that lead to the dungeons of Hades
Macabre black ravens feast on decaying corpses
Through cracks in the wall see the dancing flames 
Hear blood curdling screams of the damned within.





 Written 20th February 2020
 For Poe-etic Verse Poetry Contest
 Sponsored by Charles Messina

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Panagiota Romios May 31, 2020 at 1:33 PM Tom..a really late congrats on this one. Quite a descriptive and imaginative quilled pen. Panagiota xxoo Thanks for your help today with that photo problem I kept having.. Tom Cunningham May 31, 2020 at 2:52 PM Thanks Panagiota, not a place I want to go to. Glad pic problem sorted now. Tom

Caren Krutsinger March 22, 2020 at 8:17 AM This had me riveted in place while it picked at my brains and cawed. Tom Cunningham March 22, 2020 at 9:06 AM Thank you Caren, its hell we're all seeing now. Tom

Paula Goldsmith March 5, 2020 at 2:56 PM Congratulations on your win. Enjoy your win and day......... Tom Cunningham March 6, 2020 at 12:20 AM Thank you very much Paula, hope you do too. Tom

Kim Rodrigues March 4, 2020 at 2:26 PM Congrats, Tom! Indeed dark! The tale of the telltale heart, I believe? Tom Cunningham March 4, 2020 at 2:47 PM Thanks Kim, , I don't think Edgar has anything to worry about, well not yet anyway lol. Tom

Charles Messina March 4, 2020 at 6:12 AM This is brilliant, Tom. I'd of thought Poe himself might have wrote this. Great entry for my contest..Very well done. Congratulations on your winning placement. Charlie Tom Cunningham March 4, 2020 at 7:14 AM Thank you Charlie I enjoyed the challenge, thank you too for hosting the contest. Tom Reply

Jenish Somadas March 2, 2020 at 9:14 PM Back with congrats Tom.. Tom Cunningham March 3, 2020 at 4:08 AM Thank you very much Jenish. Hope alls well with you. Tom

Andrea Dietrich February 28, 2020 at 8:11 PM I am still waiting for this contest to finish. Can't wait to see all the winners! Tom Cunningham February 28, 2020 at 8:51 PM Thanks Andrea, some brilliant entries so far, I hope I got it right second time. Tom

Jennifer Proxenos February 24, 2020 at 10:45 AM This is an excellent poe like verse entry Tom - I like deep and dark, but wouldn't like to reach the destination! Blessings, Jennifer. Tom Cunningham February 24, 2020 at 2:40 PM Haha me neither, thanks Jennifer.

Eve Roper February 23, 2020 at 9:33 AM I just had a cold chill reading this one, Tom. I like the line, seeing flames through the cracks of the wall in a cold chamber. Great write for the contest. Hugs Eve Tom Cunningham February 23, 2020 at 1:01 PM Thanks Eve, my 2nd attempt at a poe like verse. Tom

Paul Callus February 23, 2020 at 3:08 AM Definitely a Poe inspired poem, Tom! I'll get my GPS and try to avoid those paths lol! Regards // paul Tom Cunningham February 23, 2020 at 3:29 AM Haha great idea Paul, it's certainly not on my to visit list. Tom

John Watt February 23, 2020 at 1:46 AM Tom, you worked a lot of good Edgar words in there! Good luck in the contest ~ John Tom Cunningham February 23, 2020 at 1:57 AM Thanks very much John, he was quite a character and although wrote softer poetry will always be the master of dark verse. Tom

Sandra Adams February 22, 2020 at 9:24 AM I definitely like this one better than the other...powerful and dark, well penned Tom, best wishes in the contest! hugs Tom Cunningham February 22, 2020 at 10:49 AM Thanks Sandra, me too, the last one was an epic lol.

Andrea Dietrich February 21, 2020 at 8:47 PM Well done, tom. I think it will be difficult for me to try to write like Poe in just four lines. Gotta hurry up on that challenge!! Tom Cunningham February 22, 2020 at 1:10 AM Thanks Andrea. My second attempt, the first effort was far too long. Tom

Michelle Faulkner February 21, 2020 at 4:12 PM Macabre is the word for this, Tom, it is somehow both gruesome and compelling - best wishes for the contest! Tom Cunningham February 21, 2020 at 4:16 PM Thanks Michelle, I've read a couple of his poems and he's whetted my appetite for evermore lol. Tom

Gershon Wolf February 21, 2020 at 12:31 PM Happy Halloween, Edgar! G.L.,, Tom! :) gw Tom Cunningham February 21, 2020 at 12:46 PM Haha, not quite, but working on it. Tom

Lindsay Laurie February 20, 2020 at 10:18 PM Crikey Tom … you've talked me out of wanting to go there now. Thanks Mate - Lindsay Tom Cunningham February 20, 2020 at 11:52 PM With the evil we have in the world it might be standing room only lol. Tom

Line Gauthier February 20, 2020 at 3:20 PM Very poe-ish, Tom. Excellent. Tom Cunningham February 20, 2020 at 4:26 PM Thank you Line, had to ditch my other as it was too long. Tom

Charlie Smith February 20, 2020 at 11:57 AM I hope to avid that part of town, good one Tom... Tom Cunningham February 20, 2020 at 12:06 PM Thanks Charlie, hopefully we'll both be called upstairs lol. Tom

Arturo Michael February 20, 2020 at 8:37 AM Imagine the wicked One tempting you to do wrong and then burning you in hell...it's a lose lose situation...Nice one Tom Tom Cunningham February 20, 2020 at 10:19 AM Thank you Arturo, happy you liked it. Tom

Daniel Turner February 20, 2020 at 8:27 AM I can imagine EAP looking out from the inside. Wonderfully done Tom. Good luck:) Tom Cunningham February 20, 2020 at 10:18 AM Thank you very much Daniel. Tom

Ts Poetry February 20, 2020 at 7:54 AM Say hello to my ex...dark macabre Tom..well done Tom Cunningham February 20, 2020 at 8:27 AM Lol, thanks T. S., hopefully I'll be going the other way. Tom

Jenish Somadas February 20, 2020 at 7:12 AM Now I fear dying.. Ravens from the funeral came to hell.. Great entry in the contest Tom.. Good luck.. Tom Cunningham February 20, 2020 at 7:49 AM Thanks Jenish, I'm sure it won't be like that where you will be going. Tom

Vijay Pandit February 20, 2020 at 7:02 AM I hear Poe's voice in your poem--ravens a good indicators of evil beyond. You described hell perfectly, Tom:..blood curdling screams of the damned within. All the best. Tom Cunningham February 20, 2020 at 7:42 AM Thanks Vijay, felt the other entry was too long. Tom