Onyx Black Candles

They’re made of bees wax Colored in all onyx black Candles of the night Cast eerie shadows about Halloween’s unearthly show
Russell Sivey
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Horne Avatar
September 8, 2012 at 1:25 PM
I've heard of these but have never seen them in shops - I can imagine how eerie they'd be, though. Love your Halloween poems : )
Dietrich Avatar
September 8, 2012 at 1:41 AM
Nice tanka, all about those black candles!
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September 7, 2012 at 6:02 PM
LOVE your Tankas Russell!...always something interesting in them!...My internet has been out due to the storm here so my VERY belated thanks for placing my poem among the winners in Autumn contest...have a good one - Tim
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