- Non-Erotic Poetry
- The Stone Demon
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A murder of Crows
Arguing loudly in the top
Of a tall tree in the hedgerow
Stop
Then fly quickly to the woodlot
Cawing softly - ready to move again
Something sinister snaking
Along the hedgerow
The demon has gotten loose
The stone demon with one red eye
Is gone from the locust stand
The horses won't move from the barn
The seventh red moon past
the seventh long year of the holding
has unleashed him
I reset the spell of holding
But didn't catch him in the bracken
Until I can find and trap him
I need to watch my ba...
- COMMENTS
Anonymousover 9 years agoVery entertaining. The poem is atmospheric and mysterious then cracked me up at the end. Great fun!
pelegrinoover 9 years agoVery eerie, catches completely the mood you want to create.
I liked all images you give, crows flying uneasy, horses frozen etc, also the references to magic number 7.
And finally the abrupt" non end" is a masterstroke.
I hope you are well and had a nice Halloween.
5ed.
