Curse of Mayweather House In Rhyme

Curse of Mayweather House In Rhyme

A Poem by Nancy Lee Shrader

Curse of Mayweather House In Rhyme

Curse of Mayweather House In Rhyme

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Lovers who felt the curse

Loved each other

Like the words in a poem's verse

Nothing could extinguish their love

In death’s dark sting

Love will keep them searching

For another spring

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Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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This curse began

Many centuries ago

Listen children

And you will know

A Slave Trader

Brought about this curse

Uttered by his victim

Within her demonic verse

He brought destruction

Upon everyone’s head

Ghosts will walk

Neither alive nor dead

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Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Mayweather House Cursed

All those who crossed its threshold

A beautiful voodoo priestess

Voiced the curse on young and old

Steer clear this house

Or suffer and burn

On the altar of James Hundley

He caused my blood to churn

On Mayweather House

I cast my curse

In rhyme

I chant my demonic verse

It cannot be undone

Mayweather House is mine

For eternity long past

Till the end of time

On you James Hundley

 I cast this curse

Your death will come

And there’s no reverse

The curse you craved

Your enemies to dread

My curse has settled on you

Your very own head

You’ll die at sea

A painful death

Sharks gnashing frenzy

To your very last breath

Your brethren

Will feel my wrath

Unless they steer away

From the Devil’s path

On Devils Bluff

All will die

My voodoo curse

Has gone awry

You brought this curse

Upon all you love

When you donned

Your whip and glove

One and all

Beware this curse

Or be lost inside

My demonic verse

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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My love blazed

For one far across the sea

Ripped from my arms

By Slavers’ terror spree

Cursed is the land

Where my blood was shed

Devils Bluff is befitting

For the dead

No one will escape

There’s nowhere to hide

Upon this land

My curse will reside

Hearts ripped apart

In darkest night

You’ll search forever

For the light

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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I cast a curse upon your love

It cannot be undone
Leora Grace you are mine

And so is the favored son

This Curse of Mayweather House

Forever takes its toll
On all who crossed its path

Devouring life from many a soul

Leora Grace you'll die too soon

Way before your time
He too will join you

Within my demonic rhyme

The price was paid

And you are mine
My slave you'll be

Cursed, trapped in time

You'll search forever in the fog

Stumbling behind the veil
Alone too long, away from love

Marring your beauty pale

William can't save you

From the dark and gloom
Bu
ried in a watery grave

A dark and lonely tomb

Whilst William roams

Devils Bluff by night
You will roam the sea

Searching for the light

William gazes out to sea

Strangling you will drown
Beneath the roaring waves

Sinking many fathoms down

An antique box will surface

From a watery grave
Warnings heard loud and clear

Release the house you crave

Evil has spoken

Do not try to break this curse

Beware, beware, I'm watching

 I have cast my demonic verse

A warning to all others

Do not tempt your fate

You too, lost in the fog

Your life span will abate

Interfere at you own peril

Of this you must construe

You too will be my victim

This curse gone askew

My curse takes root in England

Cross the ocean loosed unbound
Back through British Isle

Curse comes full circle round

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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On Devils Bluff

Ghosts walk by night

Sending many screaming

At their sight

 Are they to be pitied?

Or should they be feared?

Ghostly sounds are heard

On the nights they appeared

 Moaning cries

Are heard in the smog

That rolls in from the sea

A haunting fog

 Dance on the cliffs

Till your mind is gone

Insanity brought on

By this evil spawn

 Waves call out

Beckon victims close to the edge

Its deafening song

Lures weak minds off the ledge

 Sane minds return

As each falls to their death

Awakened in horror

With your very last breath

 In the darkness of night

Your foot will slip

Lost in the fog

Losing balance you’ll trip

 Evil is there

Gnashing its teeth

Pulling you down

To the rocks beneath

 Darkness calls

Its victims in

Blotting all light

Evil finds sin

 Claws glisten

In the dark and gloom

Fangs dripping venom

Primed to consume

 The lighthouse strobes

 Its sinister glow

As the surging waves

Thrash to and fro

 Run, don’t walk

From this haunting spell

Or join Teika this night

In her torture cell

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Titanic heard

Evil's haunting call

Sending shivers

To one and all

 Lifeboats lowered

Into the churning waves

Some will live

Whilst others go to watery graves

 He stands on the deck

Bids her goodbye

Moments later

Her lover did die

Dark-haired beauty

Cried out a plea

Whilst her husband

Died at sea

 He joined Leora Grace

Haunting the dark waters

The dark-haired beauty

Is now Evil’s daughter

 Forever searching

In the fog

Behind the veil

Nathan and Natalie Alistair

Forever wail

 The Leora called the Titanic

To join the curse

Now four are lost

Inside my demonic verse

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Timothy entered this world

Second of the twins

Fighting for his breath

Bluish of skin

Older sister Sarah

Never drew a single breath

Her little heart was silent

Overwhelming was her death

Breath stolen by Evil

In this haunted house of hell

It tried to steal her brother’s breath

Making it a double kill … but well

Somewhere in the darkness

A spirit of light stepped through the veil

She held this evil force at bay

Allowing the child to breathe and wail

Timothy’s life spared that day

To further the family tree

Fathering Justin, Michael, and Lyndsey

To end Evil’s tyranny

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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He walked out on the deck

By night

In the mist he sees her

Engulfed in light

 She fades in and out

Like the waves at will

Her ghostly echo

Sends a shivering chill

 Joined by another

Tall and dark

Circling below

A man-eating shark

 Together they speak

To his haunted mind

Soon the three

Are entwined

 Auburn-haired beauty

Feels death sting

When a knock is heard

Message of woe to bring

 Her sanity lost

That very night

Once beautiful eyes

Absent of light

 A shell of the beauty

He held dear

Falls from the bluff

Screaming insanities fear

 Swirling wildly

Are her auburn locks

Her broken body

On jagged rocks

 A British Officer

Floats upon the waves

His auburn-haired beauty

Is now Evil’s slave

Calvin and Judith Alderman

Have joined the curse

Six lost souls

Inside my demonic verse

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Six spirits

Join full force

Eyes on the prize

They stay the course

 Enlisting an old soul

To complete their goal

Until each half

Has at last become whole

 The trios guide Nancy Lee

Through the past

Walking through time

When the curse was cast

 In an altered state

She watches and learns

To lead the young ones

When their aura returns

 Spirits of Light

Join together with might

Shielding all

From Evil’s plight

 Three young couples

Separated through death

Hearts of love still beat

But without breath

 Alone in the fog

They stumble along

Connection made

To make them strong

 Evil cannot

Snuff out their light

Together their spirits shine

Lighting the night

 Spirits of Light

Come together as one

Evil’s power

Will be undone

 Land-of-the-living joins

The underworld-of-the-dead

When their paths cross

Evil will dread

Evil forced back

Through the portal of hell

Breaking Evil’s

Diabolic spell

 Freeing the tortured soul who

Cast the curse

Binding Evil

In its own demonic verse

 

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Six English teens

Ventured into the maze

This one encounter

Enveloped all their days

Joined in their twilight years

Americans from across the see

Their hearts be joined

To Lady Nancy Lee

Three siblings try their best

To end the Mayweather Curse

Love released

Like the words in a poems verse

Many a relative

Claimed to own

Not realizing this quest

Leads them to a cornerstone

 An antique box

Contained the freeing key

One would help them

The teen now old

Known as Nancy Lee

 The ghosts called out

Before their love can fade

Nancy Lee, lead the siblings

To our aid

 Years have passed

Puzzle is complete

Those in bondage

Will find their true love sweet

 Time has come full circle

Once again

Time has come

For true love, to finally win

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Three siblings discover

An antique box

Warnings of death

Upon the rocks

 Secrets revealed

From a hidden past

Lost ancestors

Discovered at last

 An antique key

Opens the box

Tick Tock Tick Tock

Echoes of many clocks

 Sounding their chimes

To the spirit world this day

Time has come

Stay the course don’t stray

 Mayweather ghosts

Are waiting for you

Whilst Evil lurks

Its curse gone askew

 Atlantic ghosts

Wait on the waves

Wait to be called

From watery graves

 Justin remembered

A beautiful ghost of long ago

Standing in the corner

Gleaming all a glow

 Hush, she whispered

Her lips emitted a foggy mist.

She vanished before his eyes

But did she really exist?

 Michael, a brave

And trusting youth

Considers himself

A ghost-busting sleuth

 He has yet to see

A ghost up close

The closer it gets

More excitement grows

 Lyndsey feels fear

Deep down inside

With her brothers

She doesn’t confide

 She’s the mirror image

Of Leora Grace

The spirits of light

Long to embrace

 Siblings three

Are England bound

Curse coming Full circle round

 With another three

They will break the curse

Freeing the ghosts

From Teika’s demonic verse

 

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Three siblings

With iron box in hand

Fly through the air

To take a stand

A quest to find

Their ancestral home

To learn about ghosts

On Devils Bluff they roam

Oh be cautious, oh be aware

Tread carefully this ghostly realm

Far from where eyes can see

Three spirits stand at the helm

Their arrival on English soil

Wakes the demon to destroy

All beware, it’s come to pass

Be on guard, golden haired lass

Stay the course … there’s

Safety in numbers

Siblings three

Count the trios 1-2-3

Join them now

Living and dead

Making them four

Then you’ll open the door

Be strong of heart,

Sane of mind,

Keep your cool,

That’s the rule.

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Alone in the fog

They stumble along

Connection made

Making them strong

Evil cannot

Snuff out their light

Together they shine

As love burns bright

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Past and present memories

Converge in the mind

As confusion builds

 Memories intertwined.

Myths and legends unwind

Keep those memories precise

Don’t allow your mind to wander

Always be concise

Ramblings of the aged

Sounds like senility

Listen closely and you will hear

Echoes of legibility

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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My ghost emerged

From the depths of the sea

To right the wrong

That was done to thee

I heard your cries

I saw the chain

With each crack of the whip

I felt your pain

I saw the Evil lurking about

At a picnic

And there was no doubt

Tommy Lee was the one

He cursed your love

In that cellar dank

I looked down from above

I walked with you

Upon the ship

I was there

I saw you slip

Into the swirling waves

You fell

I looked on

But who could I tell

I watched him morn

And grieve his loss

The child of love

Left a toss

He died

Of love’s sweet sorrow

But awoke

To Evil’s tomorrow

Roaming Devils Bluff

By night

Enlisting others

In his plight

She followed suit

Calling them in

To roam dark waters

Until the end

I watched

The great ship sink

Bringing others

To the brink

Many would die

But only one arose

His great love lost

In insanity’s repose

A Naval ship

Downed at sea

I heard the cry

Of the banshee

One to death

One gone insane

Each one forever

Feels the pain

I was there

On the day of your birth

The Evil took your breath

It knew your worth

Three siblings too

I know them well

Who am I?

I will not tell

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Haunting friendships

Linked somewhere in time

Generation apart

But hearts link sublime

 True sisters in heart

As well as the mind

Together forever

Three intertwined

 I watched

As each came into being

Destined a trio

Of haunting agreeing

 Each stepped into

This haunted realm

Long before William

Stood at the helm

 Two may be young

The other old

All three cut

From the same mold

 Of destiny’s child

Three will learn

Paving the way

For his return

 He will be part

Of another trio to come

Revealing

His true dad and mum

 All is made clear

Of this puzzle rhyme

His identity

Will be known soon in time

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Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Twas spring when Nathan joined

Leora Grace in her search

Natalie joined William

The lighthouse their only church

 Nathan made sure

Natalie was safe in the boat

He waved goodbye

His last sight was Natalie afloat

The great boat sank

With Nathan standing on its deck

Natalie’s tears fell

Watching the famous shipwreck 

The great ship sank

Deep beneath the ocean swells

Natalie heard in the distance

The sound of another ship’s bells

 Too far away, the Carpathia

To be of any help at all

Others heard, but did not believe

Titanic’s distress call

 Ghostly duos roam at will

Still there’ll be two more

A beautiful redhead

A naval officer fighting a war

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

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Calvin completed

The Atlantic trio of ghosts

Judith joined William and Natalie

On the Bluff off the coast

Calvin saw the ghosts

While walking on the deck by night

She was surrounded

By a golden light

A few days later his ship sank

But only he was lost

Judith’s grief was double now

Her little girl had crossed

Judith went mad

Forgetting her daughter’s twin

Even the babe’s tiny cries

Never penetrated within

The child couldn’t stop

His mother’s sadness

Judith was engulfed

Within her mind of madness

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  Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

*

Antique box has surfaced

From many watery graves
Warnings heard loud and clear

Release the house you crave

 Evil has spoken

Do not try to break this curse

Beware, beware, I'm watching

 I have cast my demonic verse

 A warning to all others

Do not tempt your fate

You, too, lost in the fog

Your life span will abate

 Interfere at you own peril

Of this you must construe

You, too, will be my victim

In this curse gone askew

Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

*

 The Curse of Mayweather House

Be laid to rest

Lovers defeat Evil

Finally pass the test

They’re fight till the end

This haunting Curse

Love will conquer

Teika’s demonic verse

Mayweather House punished

All that crossed its threshold

Beautiful voodoo princess

Voiced the curse on young and old

 Steer clear this house

Or suffer and burn

On the altar of James Hundley

He caused my blood to churn

On Mayweather House

I cast my curse

In rhyme

I chant my demonic verse

It cannot be undone

Mayweather House is mine

For eternity

Long past the end of time

My curse takes root in England

Cross the ocean loosed unbound
Back through British Isle

Curse comes full circle round

*

Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

 Leora Grace

Your gown of white

Hidden

Where there is no light

 Away from prying eyes

That tell

Inside my secret

Torture cell

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Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

 

My heart was pure

But Evil took hold

How I wish

My flesh had been sold

To a gentle master

With my sanity in tack

No chains or whips

Ripping my back

 

 

 

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Curse of Mayweather House took its toll

Devouring life from many a soul

 The time you’ll know

When it comes

You’ll hear the sound

Of Satan’s drums

 Calling to battle

His evil horde

Each demon armed

With a fiery sword

 Face your fears

Stand your ground

When this curse comes

Full circle round

 Those who live

And those at rest

Will come together

And pass the test

 Join hands

Ye spirits of light

Encircle the chosen

At the stroke of midnight

 On the anniversary

Of my tortured soul

Consumed with evil

That took its toll

 Darkness of evil

Can’t exist in the light

When love bands together

Defeating the night

 Hearts of love

Will break my curse

And free us all

From my demonic verse

Torture made me evil

I wasn’t evil from the start

Innocence lost in pain

By James Hundley’s evil heart

Chained to the ceiling

Agony flamed this curse

Screams in the night

 Help me to reverse

Each crack of the whip

Burned my delicate skin

I opened my mouth

My voice found sin

To all involved

Hear my echoes in the rain

Count the lashes and …

 

 

 

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James Hundley fueled my sin

Victims paid the cost

I felt helpless

So many lives were lost

I’m stepping out

Of my dance of pain

Listen for echoes

In the rain

My haunting vow

Curse be undone

Teika prays

James Hundley hasn’t won

My love stands waiting

To take me home

He’s waited long

On swirling foam

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Beginning in England, but West Virginia bound

Back to the British Isles full circle round

© 2012 Nancy Lee Shrader


Author's Note

Nancy Lee Shrader
If you have enjoyed my Curse of Mayweather in Rhyme. You will find it again within the pages of my upcoming book, Haunting of Mayweather House Book Two. The Curse of Mayweather is on sale on Amazon and other venues.

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Now this was a mouthfull. Kept my interest to the end.

Posted 14 Years Ago


This is a great piece and I have recently tried my hand at narrative verse Great piece of work here .Best of luck in the contest.
Debby

Posted 15 Years Ago


Longest curse I've ever heard!
You should send this to the 'Aversion' contest, you can win it!
I bet Hundly is doomed...

Posted 15 Years Ago


This is epic in scope. Not only the best I have read on writerscafe so far. This is one of the best poems I have ever read. And thankyou very much for entering my contest.

Posted 15 Years Ago


I think this is the longest poem I have read online lol. You explain the story in great depth and profound knowledge.

Posted 15 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.

Narrative verse is one of my favourite forms You tell your story well in rhymed couplets unusual for this type of poem You held my interest from start to finish but I found your rhymes a little forced in places

Posted 15 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.


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Nancy Lee Shrader resides in Beckley, West Virginia. She is author of three books IS IT NOW? The End of Days! IS HE MESSIAH? Messianic Prophecies Revealed! And The Curse of Mayweather House Nancy Lee .. more..

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