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Zomboid Creatures

This is a poetry eerily populated with ghosts and mummies and zomboid creatures who go on living though dead from love.

— Patrick McGarth*

ZOMBOID CREATURES

no way out of the well…ceaseless pulley.
          forlorn, deep is the grave. 
      for the dead, love is a bully
                    no one can save.

doped up, tears dry in somnambulant night.
          bones rave toward the cliff.
      a blind man’s bluff, i’ve lost my sight -
                    this zomboid stiff.

love dropped out; i’m eaten up with her scent -
          bouquet of floral bath.
      i pursue - a ghostlike lament,
                    off beaten path.

she sat upon the mound, of fresh dug soil,
          wrapped up in her own grief,
      a mummy terrified - a foil…
                    aperitif.

1/7/2023
Writing Challenge - Zip, Zig, Zag, Zing
Sponsor: Constance La France
Theme Z word: Zomboid
Used Howmanysyllables and rhymezone
      
*Obtained from Merriam-Webster
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Kauffman Avatar
January 24, 2023 at 12:02 PM
So creative Kim. You have set this scary tone wonderfully! Congratulations on your win. Blessings!
Rodrigues Avatar
January 24, 2023 at 4:53 PM
Thank you, Sam!
La France Avatar
January 24, 2023 at 7:35 AM
Kim, congratulations on your placement in my Writing Challenge - Zip, Zig, Zag, Zing, I love your words, the pic and quote, well done, Constance
Rodrigues Avatar
January 24, 2023 at 7:38 AM
Thanks so much! I had fun with this! God bless you!
Roper Avatar
January 19, 2023 at 10:36 AM
Awesome verse, Kim. Love the words, "love is a bully" . Congratulations on your 1st place win in Constance’s contest. Hugs blessings, Eve
Rodrigues Avatar
January 19, 2023 at 7:55 PM
Thank you, Eve!
Poet Avatar
January 18, 2023 at 7:06 AM
Many congratulations on your contest win Kim, it's well deserved with this stunning poetry.
Rodrigues Avatar
January 18, 2023 at 9:29 AM
Thank you, Lasaad! :)
Kendrick Avatar
January 18, 2023 at 3:38 AM
Congratulations on your winning work. Way to go. Sara
Rodrigues Avatar
January 18, 2023 at 9:29 AM
Thank you, Sara!
Krutsinger Avatar
January 18, 2023 at 2:34 AM
a mummy makes sense; well done and congratulations Kim!
Rodrigues Avatar
January 18, 2023 at 9:28 AM
Thank you, Caren!
Alex Avatar
January 17, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Very beautiful writing on Zomboid Creatures. Congratulations!
Rodrigues Avatar
January 18, 2023 at 9:28 AM
Thank you, Christuraj!
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
January 17, 2023 at 4:59 PM
Your illuminating word choices, my dear Kim, whereto the totality of the inscribed is well themed, is a dreamt exposé riddled with mesmerizing wonderment my friend. My compliments on your seat edged 1st Place win! Aloha William
Rodrigues Avatar
January 17, 2023 at 5:25 PM
Thank you, William! :)
Wolf Avatar
January 9, 2023 at 6:53 PM
Somehow, I'm afraid I would be in grave condition were I to succumb to this aperitif! What a write! Wild! ~ Gershon
Rodrigues Avatar
January 9, 2023 at 8:04 PM
LOL…thank you, Gershon!
Buhagiar Avatar
January 9, 2023 at 2:48 AM
Great poem, dear Kim. Your poems are getting better and better.
Rodrigues Avatar
January 9, 2023 at 8:23 AM
I appreciate that! Thank you, Victor!
DiMino Avatar
January 8, 2023 at 7:02 PM
"she sat upon the mound, of fresh dug soil, wrapped up in her own grief, a mummy terrified - a foil… aperitif." Wild! Great imagery
Rodrigues Avatar
January 9, 2023 at 8:23 AM
Thanks so much, Joe!
Anaya Avatar
January 8, 2023 at 5:02 PM
Love concurs even in zomboid land. I could see her on the mound, I was enthralled! B0L, Kim!
Rodrigues Avatar
January 8, 2023 at 6:28 PM
Thank you, Anaya!
Poet Avatar
January 8, 2023 at 10:08 AM
Kim, you did an excellent job of relating the Zomboid moment, and I like the vivid imagery that you paint with your words. Good luck in the contest!
Rodrigues Avatar
January 8, 2023 at 10:10 AM
Thank you, Lasaad! I always appreciate you!
Daniel Avatar
January 8, 2023 at 4:20 AM
Very creative, Kim:)
Rodrigues Avatar
January 8, 2023 at 4:58 AM
Thanks, Jo!
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