The Beast

After waiting for the day to clear I pause and there below the ground nagging at my feet , a beast , so cleverly looks up at me. I step back amid the blooms And chewed my lip The beast turned the other way for I was just nothing to it

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I Am Anaya

Date: 6/7/2022 8:56:00 PM

Eve, the hair on the back of my neck is standing on end, I'll have to sleep with the lights on...this could have worked for the creatures of the night poetry contest. I just wrote something similar; I would like you to come and visit. A friend

Bill Baker

Date: 6/7/2022 4:38:00 PM

Good poem, Eve. Very suspenseful and made me wonder what the beast was. Have a blessed day my friend, Bill

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 6/5/2022 2:29:00 PM

I think that beast feared the light of you lo, nicely penned dear Eve, much love : )

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 6/5/2022 6:35:00 AM

Well it was nothing to you and it did nothing to you, so great that it went away for you he didn't really want it to stay around. Enjoyed your write, Hugs, blessings, Jennifer.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/4/2022 5:36:00 PM

You do have to be careful out in the wild. One time when I was working in Alaska I went out with my camera and tried to capture a moose in knee-deep snow. It began to chase me and I almost dropped my camera in the snow but managed to escaped. I enjoyed your poem Eve. Blessings xxoo

Eve Roper
Date: 6/4/2022 5:54:00 PM

Connie, my husband used to do a lot of hunting and he tried to take me up , I flatly refused.Around the area were bobcats bears elk snakes and I’m a big coward. I go did go camping once in a while with him.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 6/3/2022 10:34:00 PM

They are more interested in insects, rodents and plants.

L Milton Hankins

Date: 6/3/2022 2:36:00 PM

Oh my goodness. I wonder what it was? A snake? Interesting, Eve. Sparked my imagination.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 6/3/2022 6:52:00 PM

Ah, okay. Opossums do tend to run the other way. They are not terribly aggressive. OTOH, so do snakes sometimes. I enjoyed the poem.

Eve Roper
Date: 6/3/2022 5:27:00 PM

At the time I was writing it I was thinking of a possum