~Tonight~

Tonight
Sininster shapes shall cast shadows of doom
Clusters of corpses crowd corners
A most gory sight of gloom

Tonight
Grotesque ghosts grin
with sullen grim faces
While vampires savor life's blood
in dark secret places

Tonight
Werewolves reap destruction
beneath a dreary demon moon
and the unholy dead celebrate resurrection
as their grey zombie bodies
walk to satan's evil tune

Tonight
Skeletons reach out with fleshless fingers to grab
and the unsavory creature lurkingly lingers
'til all the delights of horror have been had

Tonight
Wild wicked winds whip the night's air
with the stench of decay
and everywhere eyes stalkingly stare

Yes, Tonight,is the night
Evil shall have its say

Reviews

[Cold Coffee Magazine]

Okay Fran you've unloaded with the heavy artillary. This is a fantastic, fun, creep show quality little diddy. I really really like this one and will be adding it to my favorites. I've read all your more recent pieces so I can only assume this one was burried back in Frannies archives. What else you got burried back there?

Dave

[Salvatore Buttaci]

Good sound values that move your poem along, catching the reader and holding him till the end. I like it.

Sal

[Christel Grady]

I love the repetition and description in this piece! I used to volunteer for a haunted house every Halloween, and truly enjoyed it. My favorite holiday.

[jen -- JG]

Just new here, just saw this, just LOVE it!

How dare you scare me so and twist my knickers in a knot trying to escape the horror images of vampires, werewolves and dark creatures of the night! How dare you make me shiver with excitement like a kid watching a scary movie through sllits in fingers and half shut eyes. How dare you make me wish I was there.

Thank you for daring. A supurb write and a supurb read.

[Hendrix]

This really paints an image in head, an evil image . I really like this one.

[Imperfection]

Perfectly eerie!!

[Chillbear Latrigue]

Good Halloween poem. I'm late in many of my reviews, but this is fun.

[M Lamont]

Ok, so I am finally getting caught up but looks like I missed this one for Halloween. Love fall and especially Halloween! Nice job in capturing the scary aspect of the holiday!

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Wickedly written, wish I would have read it back on the holiday but still doesn't take away from such creative description of an awesome holiday.

[T.k. Sutter]

Ah, my favorite time of year, Halloween. You've described it perfectly. A great write :-)