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Nocturnal

Nocturnal


Dismiss my harbingers of dread to flight
Banish all foes, old hallmarks of fretting, fraught, despair
I will shutter away those loathsome ghouls from sight

I will rob the keepers of the night
Those winds that circle wild in restless air
Dismiss my harbingers of dread to flight

When anxious thoughts arise to wage the fight
with tangled webs, they weave a viscid snare
I will shutter away those loathsome ghouls from sight

I flex my weary wings, against the morning light
Ignore the mocking of my hallowed fear
Dismiss my harbingers of dread to flight

The night is long, the darkness grip holds tight
and keeps the axis of the world a tilted sphere 
I will shutter away those loathsome ghouls from sight

Oh bless sweet sleep, you welcomed, winsome sprite!
When last you bring my dreams to slumbered fair
Dismiss my harbingers of dread to flight
I will shutter away those loathsome ghouls from sight

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Abdulhafeez Oyewole

Date: 4/20/2013 10:36:00 AM

Congrats on your win Carrie~A.O

Donna Jones

Date: 4/20/2013 8:06:00 AM

Almost spooky Carrie.....I enjoyed reading this.....congratulations... Donna

Rachel Kovacs

Date: 4/20/2013 6:49:00 AM

Great poem. I love the analogy. Congrats.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 4/19/2013 6:50:00 PM

You channeled the mistress of the dark. Well done congratulations

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 4/19/2013 6:23:00 PM

Yike Carrie..what are the loathsome ghouls? Congrad's on Your Win. Light & Love

Richard D Seal

Date: 4/19/2013 3:41:00 PM

Congratulations Carrie, very nice poem, great use of words, I take it it's not your usual style as it was in this contest, I'll look at some of yours and see. Thanks for your visit and comment. Take care, Richard

Roy Jerden

Date: 4/19/2013 12:08:00 PM

It's an intriguing form the villanelle, isn't it, Carrie? I wonder about the approach to writing one, almost need to start with the end, perhaps? Congratulations! However, I do detect your fine vocabulary, I think. ;) Cheers, Roy

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/19/2013 10:16:00 AM

Carrie, Congratulations :-) with your awesome win in Isaiah's "Pull the Wool Over My Eyes!" contest :-) always loving your poems : > LINDA < :

Isaiah Zerbst

Date: 4/19/2013 10:10:00 AM

This is really awesome for a first villanelle! Congratulations on your winning place!

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 4/6/2013 12:22:00 AM

excellent Mrs Richards ; )

Sara Kendrick

Date: 4/4/2013 4:26:00 PM

Good job..These are not so easy to write for sure..Enjoyed reading this eve..Thanks for stopping by..Sara

Heather Ober

Date: 4/4/2013 12:06:00 PM

Wow, Carrie! You should write villanelle more often - with such a repetitive form, it's important to choose interesting lines, and you nailed it! Very gripping tale!