Fall Writing Frenzy Entry October 2024

A few writing folks put together this fun 'competition' in the fall to challenge creativity. We choose from a collection of photos and create 200 words of verse, prose, or whatever. You can learn more about it here and see this year's entries.

What do you think of my moody verse?

there is a gloaming come to town

clothed in a velvet cape

marching like death

marching like sin

to your door

to your home

to consume you whole

there is a weakness on the street

cloaked in weary darkness

hiding in a case

hiding in a box

come to perch

come to stay

come to steal the night

there is a darkness at the gate

adorned in jeweled souls

standing in a line

standing hand in hand

at the tree

at the path 

at your grave

there is a soul at your doorstep

draped in delicious fear

beating like a drum

beating like the rain

in your chest

in your throat

in your mouth

the gloaming invites you home

the weakness prepares its stay

the darkness invades your soul

your surrendered demise is their very prize

they come to dance at your grave

come to eat at your grave

come to drink at your grave

they live on