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Behind The Green Door
Written for: Sunday Muse #187 Unpleasantly perplexed, Joe faces a door without traces that anyone has ever been inside. His uncle bequeathed this work- shop to Joe, who had no knowledge of it. Joe figures the interior is probably worse … Continue reading
Abrupt Disappearance
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem about an empty house. Use the words, ‘brisk’ and ‘solo'” Solo, lost in billows of white snow, he knows he cannot walk … Continue reading
A House By The Sea
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub, Poetics: Exploring Gothic as a Literary Genre. (posted by Sanaa) “Gothic Literature is rooted first and foremost in invoking human emotion, rather than reason and was created as a darker side of the Romanticism movement … Continue reading
Slick in Green
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration – Something Sinister “Write about something sinister.” Scaly, slick, covered in open sores, he slinks outside her window– watching, waiting–she knows not why. No one in her house has seen him. They … Continue reading
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Tagged eerie, fright, mysterious, otherworldly, repulsive
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Horror–Truth or Imagination
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United – (posted by Sanaa) Weekly Scribblings #1: January is here, with winds that blow kisses ~ For this Weekly Scribblings edition, I want you to pick any three words from the given word list … Continue reading
From A Branch
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 #276 Opening Lines Draw inspiration from the opening line of a book. Ideally, opening lines should grab the reader’s attention and make them want to read the book. In our case, they will ideally spark a poem. … Continue reading
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Tagged dress, eerie, inspired by first line of novel, old woman, tree
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Walked On Down The Hall
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration: “In For The Long Hall(way)” You are presented with a long hallway. At the end of it is a door. There is something behind that door that you anticipate. Or that you … Continue reading
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Tagged books, doors, eerie, medicine, scream, shelves, Written from Art
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Pounding Heart
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~A Million Years Howl When Voices Whisper Among The Trees (posted by Sanaa) There is an indescribable feeling near the end of October that grows loud, so much so that the sounds surrounding it are … Continue reading
Sometimes You Eat; Sometimes You’re Eaten
Written for: Poets United Pantry of Poetry and Prose (posted by Magaly) “This season of transitions and thinning veils, always inspires me to try new things, to challenge old thoughts, to mix-it-up and mingle… Keeping that in mind, I invite … Continue reading
The Lost Castle
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Wordy Monday with Wild Woman: “Castle Ruins, Lowering Skies . . . Tell us a story. At nightfall, he roamed the … Continue reading
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