HALLOWEEN WANING

 

Photo opportunity in

Waning crescent

Day before the

Ring of Fire

Solar Eclipse

Hours after a

Mini tornado

Darkening

But for once

I am not on high alert

Forgetting about potential

Swamp danger

Gators, moccasins, men

I snap pictures fiercely

And only when finished

Do I look around

Elated at the possibility

Of sharpened teeth

Now that the wildness

Of capturing wind and

Fiery, fading sun

Has ebbed

I can see

Fangs of the serpent

Inches away in the grass

Fangs of the gator

Gleaming with dripping water and

Fangs of a werewolf

Shirt torn as his body grows

Allowing for feral muscles

And I run…

 

© 2023 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)

Images: $ Store Solar Pumpkin/Swamp Hollow

Almost Halloween and my thoughts turn to Edgar Allan Poe.  Here are two of his poems arranged into wonderful songs:

Sarah Jarosz on banjo with her rendition of Annabelle Lee and Phil Ochs on guitar with his version of The Bells! Drink some apple cider and enjoy the words and music xoxoxo

 

https://youtu.be/O-SLSZ-9748 Annabelle Lee

 

https://youtu.be/p3FzveBu_34  The Bells