From graves below, in oak-tree’s shadow, hark!
A sudden stir in fall’s fermenting leaves;
and there from deep beyond a blood filled bark
from beasts and monsters, daggered thieves
who breed in graveyard ash, from broken bones,
and claw striations on the hallow stones.
Today it’s quadrille at dVerse, De hosts and have select the word shadow, which fits with some horror theme, that’s actually a whole month early. If you decide to participate don’t forget it’s 44 words exactly including the selected word. I wrote an English sestet with rhyme scheme ABABCC.
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September 26, 2016
Very good….
Thank you
Nice chilling effect!!! Too good a prompt word to miss out…wrote mine!
Quite a contrast to Stevenson”s poem! Nice and chilly. An excellent rread for a chilly night. I imagine in October you will be cranking up the volume! I love “fall’s fermenting leaves”.
Goodness. Form, and 44 words. Fantastic. This is chilling.
Nice use of meter and rhyme.
I see you’re staying over on the dark side, Bjorn! Another rhyming, rhythmic quadrille today. I love quadrilles!
You shine in the aura of any quadrille, brother. I just get an idea & start writing, then trim it up at the 44 mark (even more restrictive than the old 55’s we all wrote a lot back in the day for Mr. Knowitall)–but here you go creating form, rhyme & meter–kudos to your creativity.
I love the lines /daggered thieves/who breed in graveyard ash/.
I do love that form and the effect it lends to the whole. So ready for those long, dark autumn nights and the prowling spirits soon to be set free.
Ooh, a bit gothic, and a little bit Shakespearean. Could be declaimed by someone in a cloak. That formal structure really adds to the spooky feel.
Love that word ‘striations’ and the way in conjures up claws in your haunted poem.
Shadows and darkness and the poet dives into the deep end head first!
Quite the creepy poem – wonderfully done as always!
Halloween is coming and this begins those eerie feelings….I think I shall leave a night light on tonight! Well done!!!
Oooh this is so in sync with the Halloween spirit 😀 beautifully haunting ❤️
Damn good work. Bravo!
Randy
How chilling and dark as: claw striations on the hallow stones. I appreciate the rhyming scheme of your poem Bjorn~
I love that title and the menacing darkness of this, Bjorn, excellent!
And next they shall do The Monster Mash. I like this too.
I like the dark atmosphere this poem creates.
You do dark so very well!
I’ll be having mnightmare tonight 😉
Wonderful work taking the quadrille into a rhyming poetic form, not to mention the intense creepiness packed into 44 words!
oh this is haunting!
Goosebumps!
Whoa….this is chilling….I have a friend from Sweden living here in my neighborhood. He’s 6’5″ and we call him “The Swedish Axe Murderer”. He’s not, he’s a love of a man, but he evokes a sort of terror just by his scowls. This poem…quadrille does the same thing.
Bravo!! It’s terse, tense but oh so good.
Ha.. we Swedes can be intimidating… but it’s all just for show.
A very haunting poem diving deep into the shadows, beautifully crafted.
This is quite dark and shadowy …spooktacular…just had to..
Ooh, nice and spooky! – and you handled the form beautifully.
Nice job on the chills and thrills! I love poetry noir! I’m just waiting for October to bust mine out of the mausoleum.
Ooh, that’s kind of scary.
Your images are some of those I hope to never see. 😝
You do dark to perfection.