James Marshall Goff Poet Couplet

Horse and Head

hurry I said!  we must get away!
they're closing on us, no time for delay!


      the horror began the year 'fore last,
            and most were dead before it passed,

      a mighty wave! ten buildings tall!
            came rushing through, and drowning all!
             
              ........... it came alive, survivors say,
              pray first night after! the terror o'er bay,

      the heavy gray fog, it hung so low,
              and terrible winds began to blow!

            bobbing along beyond the pier,
      the horse and head filled souls with fear!

            night after night the same path it took,
      just past the docks, the waves it shook!

            never closer it came, to frighten thee,
      'till you strangled the air! and cursed the sea!

            O vengeance it seeks! your soul it will take!
       just seconds to live! prepare for your wake!


hurry I said!  we must get away!
they're closing on us, no time for delay!

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Cesar Cantu July 18, 2009 at 11:49 PM Oh, time to run @.@ jojojo I like it, it forces the reader to be dramatic when reading outloud jojjojo @.@ thanks a lot for the experience =D

Charlene Bird July 18, 2009 at 7:27 PM Jim, this is so wonderfully spooky! Kept me on the edge of my seat and took me back to when I was a kid at halloween and my dad would tell us ghost stories of the headless horeseman!! Great, chilling read! Thank you kindly for your comments on my work, always appreciated.

John Loving Iii July 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM JMG you've got soup mail

John Loving Iii July 18, 2009 at 4:32 PM another apocoliptic poem, you must live near a sea or ocean to have this fear. none the less it is a ligit one, the ocean is a frightful monster. John H Loving III

Heidie Buys July 18, 2009 at 3:27 PM What fun. This is so well written, great atmosphere and riveting story. Well done. Regards Heidie

Bill Doggett July 18, 2009 at 11:27 AM Great writing Jim. I love your scenes, your scenes are terrific... Draw you right in!!! Thank you Bill

Joyce Johnson July 18, 2009 at 7:54 AM A scary set of couplets there Jim. Thank you for your comments on my poem. Joyce

Sean Kelly July 18, 2009 at 3:06 AM Great follow-on JMG , in great rhyme ....

Charmaine Chircop July 18, 2009 at 12:34 AM YOU scared me Jim,you did:)not enough not to comment on what a good writer you are.....charma:)

John Freeman July 17, 2009 at 10:12 PM Excelente, James, I hope you know a little espanol, brother! I thouht I needed a little more of a poetic word to descrbe your write, this time! Thanks for you comment, on my poetry. God bless, Moses!

Carolyn Devonshire July 17, 2009 at 7:55 PM Positively riveting, James! I was on the edge of my seat imagining the deadly wave. I will "prepare for my wake" and look for Karen's write. Mr. Loving came up with a great way to entertain us and you surely delivered a tale filled with fear. Excellent! Love, Carolyn