In the dark of the night, on an All Hallows' Eve,
as I lay down my head and got snugged in the bed,
'twas a shadow that bloomed, caused all senses to leave,
as a huge hairy spider crawled, eyes gleaming red!
Out in front, a large sack that she shuffled along,
so I watched as she loped with that load full of gore,
like the beat from a dirge or a horrid old song,
da-duh-DUM, da-duh-DUM, as she moved 'cross the floor.
Shaking hard, to the edge of the bed, silent crept;
There she was, hairy legs, abdomen bulging fat.
Sweaty palms, frazzled nerves, in the darkness I lept,
closed my eyes, held my breath, threw my slipper - Kersplat!
and as she scuttled off, protecting precious eggs,
I wondered how she'd sound with two more dangling legs.
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for the All Hallows' Evening Poetry Contest
sponsored by Craig Cornish
written on 10/19/22
using anapestic tetrameter for the first 12 lines
and iambic hexameter for the last 2 for effect
(howmanysyllables.com incorrectly reports line 3 as 11 syllables due to the ')
For my life scintilates like a spark on a spike.
I cohort but myself with a dud and got stuck.
Wanna grow and I am but’s so hard t’elicit.
And my mind is not lucid and trucked is my thought.
I managed but manage works not, it could though;
But being grounded in knowledge is kneading a dough.
And attaining a skill is as melting a gold.
You drill down and put down all to save for the cold.
R-hyme
E-rases
Y-our
L-onely
E-yes'
N-egative
P-essimism
A-s
L-imerick
E-ndorses
N-ice
C-omedy
I-n
A-napest
Topic: Birthday of Reylen O. Palencia (June 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Shoe, shoe, boot
Shoe, shoe, boot
This surveyed
In solitude
Acquainted
Just for fun..
shoe, shoe, boot, shoe, shoe, boot,see
comprehend it now?
end results?