Unleashed

a seismic shift deep beneath powerful beyond belief jars a long lost door free at last, comes forth the beast evil to the core nostrils sifting through the wheat aroused all the more, wanders in the midnight hour, hungry, seeking to devour ————— for the Triple New Charlieku Poetry Contest sponsored by Charles Messina written on 12/16/22

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/5/2023 10:14:00 AM

Congrats for your win, Jeff. Good lines for a horror movie setting!!

Christuraj Alex

Date: 1/4/2023 9:45:00 PM

"hungry, seeking to devour" - Great scenes. Congratulations!

Charles Messina

Date: 1/4/2023 8:21:00 PM

Love this thriller of the evil doer, Jeff. You really did this well. Congratulations on your win! Happy New Year, my friend. Charlie

Jeff Kyser
Date: 1/5/2023 3:00:00 AM

Thanks, Charlie, and also thanks so much for hosting unique contests!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 12/17/2022 8:43:00 PM

Satan comes in many forms -- one is Putin, truly the 'wheat-eater' of our times. ~ Just sayin'

John Lawless

Date: 12/17/2022 7:54:00 AM

is this one horrific tale of a midnight snack gone very wrong.....

Jeff Kyser
Date: 12/17/2022 8:58:00 AM

Maybe so, lol, I woke up with a cold

J. Summers

Date: 12/16/2022 9:08:00 PM

After reading this a few times I thought it was quite imaginative. Then I read it again and I thought it could be a metaphor for events all set to transpire. That’s what I’m going with. Good luck in the contest. John

Jeff Kyser
Date: 12/17/2022 2:13:00 AM

Lol, thanks, not sure it is what Charlie will be looking for, but I got intrigued mostly with the 775/757/577, tried to rhyme all the 5s and then treat the 7s as separate rhymes. The idea loosely came from a reference to Jesus allowing Satan to "sift Peter like wheat".