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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

What Be These Whispers

What be these whispers of the night,
For where they come to offer fright,
In your eyes a tortuous sight...

What is beyond the darkness comes,
To treat the day like wayward bums,
Melodic notes and painful hums...

Whispers rise beyond play like screams,
Written memories, dreadful memes,
Moons to ride skies unending beams...

Taunting more within your dark mind,
Echoes calling, Clorox cocktails kind,
To cleanse these souls before you find...

For voices come to offer fright,
What be these whispers of the night?

Petrina Lesko
May 2011

Remaining on the theme of dark writing offered today for OSW over at One Stop Poetry, I thought I would try another dark themed write.  Hope you all enjoy my offering.

16 comments:

moondustwriter said...

I'm enjoying the different dark angles that people are writing from. The Clorox cocktails caught me and whirled me around - added an element of mystery

nicely written Petrina - thanks for sharing

Brian Miller said...

clorox cocktails...ack...cant imagine that taste...what be these whispers in the night is a haunting line..

Silent Screams: A Blog About Life said...

Wow! It seems like our muses are in sync tonight. Love "Echoes calling" but I wouldn't want to drink your "Clorox cocktail." ;)

Coloring Outside the Lines said...

Dark indeed Petrina- loved it!

Aayushi Mehta said...

This totally works. Loved the entire feel of the poem.

JL Dodge said...

I'm with the others on this one, clorox cocktails sound a bit harsh to swallow LOL
Love your mind, darkness fits you !
JL&B

Linda said...

You did a great job. It's rather chilling!

ayala said...

Nice poem, Petrina.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy said...

Hi Petrina,

Wow ... you described that so well. Sounds like a nightmare, even if your eyes are wide open.

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit,

Kathy M.

laurie kolp said...

Mystical and melodic... I love it!

Tashtoo said...

Oh, I do so love the dark! This flows beautifully! Simply falls from the lips when read aloud. Wonderful, haunting, write!

NatureFootstep said...

thanks for nice comments on my blog. I am sorry I am not qualified to comment in yours. :(

Anonymous said...

Ooh whisphers of the night. Very evocative :O)

Margaret said...

"What be these whispers of the night". So dramatic and I love how it rolls off the tongue.

Olivia said...

You've got me thinking indeed!
Very well composed.. :)

A perfect cocktail of dark, chills and intensity!

Sending hugs for a nice weekend xx

Brian Miller said...

hey there..thanks for popping in tonight...been a while since you posted...hope everything is okay on your end...