April Horror Poems

Thank you God
That I’m always a student
I abhor
The slaughters of the babies
Toddlers were killed dead
Young boys and girls were shot dead
Pregnant women were stabbed dead
That’s...

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long ago 'twas colonel brownes' folly
to build a tower in a wood
just for employment and to be jolly
had he known, surely he never would

the folly...

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big hand is showing 
hundred seconds to midnight~
grim reaper awaits





Written 27th April 2022...

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there is the running
but there's no hiding
the vultures have us
in their crosshairs

the lucky ones will get away
and crawl in empty nooks
under some random rocks

no pride...

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No mustard bombs are dropped
No audible or silent shots are fired
No planes are necessarily blown or hired
No flags are deliberately flown or flapped
No soldiers crossed...

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At the edge of town stood, a government research centre 
It was heavily guarded, no unauthorised persons could enter
The authorities put down rumours, saying its...

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An ominous eerie cloud, fear itself
Swept in from the west on bitter cold wind
Layered beneath it a frozen ice shelf
All are doomed--the forecaster subtly grinned.

"Flee...

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Darkness reigns, unleashing in hearts, terror
Dead to voice of conscience, due to stupor
Delusion veiling light, our sin, soul stain
Feral desires, causation of our pain
Love the...

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Nemesis, Confrontation And The Rejoined Battle
              (Nemesis) - Part One

O'lord of blight...

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The Dark, The Mysteries Within Mankind's Sleeping Interludes

What of life in this raging spinning world?
Its stabbing pains,  mouths filled with sad dust?
Those almost unbreakable...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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1. Fields of much promise, but no grass and no soil
the world not so round getting flat and shapeless
necks stretched for faces to look up...

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This Spring's like one we've never known;
   one which has kept us all alone-
away from work, away from friends,
   away from...

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Crumpled by thunder
Cowering inside the dark
Covered in your fears. 
~
Hallowed by your charm
Your crimson sight hungry- bold. 
I am merely prey.
~
Leaves scatter- muddy.
Crawl toward the...

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Bad dream
Loud scream



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on April 29, 2018 for STANDARD CONTEST NO.85 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND...

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