Halloween Gothic Poems

The grey crows light cavern, wailing in web tavern
as lemurs juice pattern, sky from earth to Saturn....

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In my sanctuary’s hush, Poe’s tales I clasp,
Into his world, I plunge, a breath, a rasp.
Beneath the creaking floorboards, a heart's pulse
In my mind, it...

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She's an eclipsed daughter, satanic stars slaughter, 

as smoked skulls scream powers, dead enchantress flowers....

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There once was a sad little Ghost, 
teased for his fright-less boo -- 
unable to scare anyone, in fact,
attracting many a bull 
(sounded like an...

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The Ghost denied
he was a Ghost,

though clearly
I saw through -- 

Someone I knew
in life, back then
quite pink, substantial
with lots 
and lots to do – 

tried...

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Dressed as the hell keeper, trick upon the sleeper,
as stars fade and shiver, dazed skies roar and quiver....

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Ghosts and goblins, enigmatic
Shadowy dread falling like rain
Nightmares who seem so pragmatic
Darkness blaring like a refrain

Evil destroys wishes and dreams
Ghosts and goblins, enigmatic
Nasty curses go...

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Once upon a night so bleak,
frozen silent laid the creek --
air of death, pushed, swore
and swore...as if were fists
pounded the frail, wood door;

shutters noised, bolting...

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To see one is rare but to buy one is obscene.
A tall snob. She casts frowns from under her gables.
He, the new owner, is in...

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Ghost


Fear,
Bewilderment,
Tension,
Disbelief,
Denial

Emotions,
All of which 
Can be evoked
Following the use
Of the word in question,
No matter the situation

Like those occasions
When you find yourself
Sitting up in bed
In the midst...

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Eyes lying in wait, anticipation,
I shall not leave this spot.
Scratch the face,
looked over crowding faces,
Oblivious to my thoughts... infinitely said.
No blessing shall take place, not...

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The bar door is ajar only fading voices
echo into the void, from nowhere...and afar!

Here n there, trash drifts
ghosts in flickering neon 

Broken floating bloated 
dead...

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Lurching out of the door into darkness 
A street full of people, bodies pass n collide

Plunging from dark to light!

Not looking at or thinking of...

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All doors are open.
An ancient mystery lives.
I bask in its glow....

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In a place many others often dread
Near the hollowed trees, and the haunted seas
She glides along the tumbledown cemetery
Deep down knowing those who are no...

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