manhattan roommate
brainwave specialist
blowhard rippling
always partygoer
dolphinfish royalist
turquoise irresistible
undrained rat
swearing yellowlegs
bearable humbling
houseguest behead
surrenderer bart
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • July 20–26, 2026)
Trepidation rumbles beneath my skin ~
A)P: Honorable Mention 2026
Slow up; stepping wearier.
For Time's effect
What in the mind, this path along
Fooling does cross.
They'll vouch for it; these startlements
Sprung upon by.
Whilst heart out its breast jumps, leap
All pools across!
It had no eyes, just bulk in the corner, swirling thick as oily
mist, smelling of rot.
I tried to step away but the carpet flowed like quicksand,
digging my heels in as darkness crept upward.
It didn't move, but suddenly the room dropped bone-cold,
crystals dusting the glass in serrated patterns.
I reached for the lamp, but the plug ripped from the socket.
I was left with nothing but the sound of my own pulse.
Suddenly it stirred, slid swiftly toward me soundless and a
chilling weight began to squeeze my throat closed.
I opened my lips to cry out, rip the silence in two but my
lungs filled with nothing but ashen memories.
Black slammed against my lids and my vision went blank.
I waited for it to KILL ME!!!
Then, I woke up.
the little girl was lost on Halloween night
she might have had a fright; she might have had a fright
but she found a man with a heart who treated her right
his name was Pumpkin Head Bill, and he was a sight
Others might have been afraid of this scary looking guy
But this little girl touched his heart with a teensy sigh
I am lost, I need to find home, she told this ghoulish man
He steered her across the moors and took her home to her gran
storm brews in the south
frantic palm tree sways with fright
helpless in the rain
Off to work upon his bike
in early morning time
When suddenly confronted
with a loud spine chilling wine
He really was confused
what's the source of this alarm
Nothing sinister he hoped
to likely cause some harm
His heart was beating faster
as he pedalled with such fear
He never travelled faster
with the bike now in top gear
Then one day he saw the culprit
in the fullness of the light
He new at once it was the source
of his enormous fright
Suddenly it hadn't been
a figment of a nasty dream
A bird , the bush Stone Curlew, claims to be
the owner of the caterwauling scream
The bird is now revered
when it's heard throughout the night
Though sleep is sometimes ruptured
The bird is now invited, to screech with all his might
he was indeed not very bright
mishandled quotes he did recite
got into a daily fight
misconstrued things, oh yes, quite!
he gave many a blatant sight
loose lips should have been more tight
he often had to change his flight
for he was jailed through the night
he was a shrimp of five-foot height
his face was furry, beard was white
this was my uncle LeRoy Dwight
He’d often give my aunt a fright
his fits in public were no delight
his pin-head-brain did not work right
he often bragged who he might smite
unhealthy ideas that he held tight
it’s ideal to have oversight
when you invite a friend to stay the night
for the loud gas expelled might not be light
aroma might give you quite a fright
most are not careful about what they bite
so give them a break to remain all right
stings cling
night fright
Lo, it is in the darkest night
Forsaken by the day’s light
Moon too has taken flight
Putting my heart to fright,
The world is hit by a blight
No one is to be seen in sight
And I’m left alone to fight,
Seems something is not right
Unable to endure this plight
Praying for help, God might…
Dawn peeps through the skylight
Rays of hope shimmering bright
My life beamed with full delight.
~Contest: Complete Monorhyme
Sponsor: Hilo Poet
To this Mourning idle day,
To the silence of this uncertain night;
I offer the quenched melody
shrieking boastful, in silence of gloom.
In the sombre piano, Chopin
upheaves restlessness crying in fright.
This worklessness pinches deep
the needles, of loneliness wringing again.
An upbeat mourn yearn shows
to reach the absent overwhelmed be.
Here reaches out there to then,
where the answer would approach back.
Sucked back into vacuum black,
Away from the light heavier than dark,
Bleeding in red rose covered
in throes of pain, and beauty of blood.
Leaving behind or being left
behind the curtains of worldliness,
Grounded set her eyes silently
Breathing among the needles of needlessness.
An unclear image moved swiftly by
Briefly seen from the corner of my eye.
A rumbling upstairs made my heart pump,
Downstairs in the dark—thump, thump, thump.
This house suddenly seemed to come alive,
The chills enveloped, I pulled my blanket up high.
The movements and sounds—I just heard something fall,
I peeked from my blanket to see the bounce of a ball.
I slunk to the floor and crawled toward the door,
Silent and still, my heart pounding once more.
It just charged down the hall in a wild, playful race—
Then yipped with delight and licked my face!
My puppy at play in the dead of night,
Turns out the scare was no match for his bite.
sea is turbulently stormy this darkened night
eyes watch in awe, wonder and fright
anchor secured holds passenger ship tight ~
In the sixties every single Friday evening was TV fright night
We preteens sat in front of the screen with friends, terrified all right
What we saw was in gray scale, black and white, but truly horribly scary
alien kidnappers from another dimension grabbing us and our Uncle Harry
we stayed awake hours after the show went off the air, which it did.
I still remember these amazing slumber party opportunities I had as a kid.
Our cousin Lou came over to watch, wearing her PJs under clothes
We invited her to stay all night to watch TV which scared us to our toes.
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