of snaggled toe
ten ragged nails,
her bedtime woe
his humor fails,
oh, feet of ice!
oh, careless sleep!
oh, what fell price
for cruel Morpheus's leap?
to kick, a shove
betwixt linen's divide,
sore test of love
for this jaded dusky bride,
unspoken ire
with mantle clutched,
eye dark pools of fire
on pillows crutched,
sunset duel fought fair
with unmoved snoring grouch,
with lumbered glare
retired to hushed and waiting couch.
Categories:
snaggled, marriage, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
Hags with snaggled teeth and black hats of cone
Amidst the moldy graves that mark death's zone
Laugh a cackle that chills one to the bone.
Let the dead come forth and release their moan.
Only tortured souls venture to atone
While the living shrink from this sight alone.
Even strong men quiver as smells are blown
Endless from roaming corpses who must groan.
Nadine watches all as the ruling crone.
'Neath a moonless sky young children appear
Inviting strangers to treat or have fear
Goblins will never again look so dear
Hags with snaggled teeth are shocked as they hear,
"Trick or treat my friends, all Hallows are here."
10/18/2016
For contest Halloween
Categories:
snaggled, halloween,
Form: Acrostic