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Wraiths amongst the battlefield
Striking, swiftly and effortlessly
One by one, houses are ransacked and left in ruins
Nothing remains but just an empty handout
A Ghost Town, how fitting
Nowhere is safe
There's no escape
They’re in every shadow
Every dark corner of your mind
Your loss is their reward
Nothing stops their gluttony
Our Orange guardians,
Combatted skeletons, and
Menacing driveways do nothing
Against their well-orchestrated onslaught
They’ll be back
As they always do
To aim at the moon
And howl into the night
"Trick or Treat!"
I never highlight my flaws or deficits
Because none of that will matter when death visits
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Simple, great imagery, and entertaining an idea we all recognize, an interesting perspective
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(10-11-2013, 05:53 AM)RyanRader13 Wrote: Simple, great imagery, and entertaining an idea we all recognize, an interesting perspective
Thanks! Halloween is coming up, and I saw a few related poems being posted, so I figured why not make one of my simple interpretation to contribute to that.
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simple is the best with many things. i loved the dramatic details. As I said great imagery, fun read
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(10-11-2013, 05:59 AM)RyanRader13 Wrote: simple is the best with many things. i loved the dramatic details. As I said great imagery, fun read
Thanks again!
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That's a fun description. You might want to change up the first line a little, as currently it is a perfect line of iambic tetrameter. I was expecting the rest of the poem to be the same, as it is such a regular line; it took me a second to get past it. Just a thought, I know this is in the fun section.
Dale
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(10-11-2013, 08:54 AM)Erthona Wrote: That's a fun description. You might want to change up the first line a little, as currently it is a perfect line of iambic tetrameter. I was expecting the rest of the poem to be the same, as it is such a regular line; it took me a second to get past it. Just a thought, I know this is in the fun section.
Dale
Thanks Dale! Glad you found it fun
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It took me until "orange guardians" and " combated skeletons" to realize what you were talking about. That made it even more enjoyable, really funny.
Thanks for the read
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(10-11-2013, 11:03 AM)FayandFire Wrote: It took me until "orange guardians" and " combated skeletons" to realize what you were talking about. That made it even more enjoyable, really funny.
Thanks for the read
Glad you enjoyed
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