Sunday, October 25, 2020

ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

October 2020 ends with a blue moon. I decided to
 challenge myself to write something dark and 
ominous in its honor. 
Submitted to Poets & Storytellers Anonymous 
October 25, 2020 
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BLUE MOON

October’s blue moon cast an eerie glow
  over the bayou cypress.  
The spittle flinging demons lurked in the shadows
 and serpents coiled silently
on the limbs above.  

Swamp witches stirred  their cauldrons  
with bleached  bones of questionable origin, casting 
curses and muttering voodoo spells.  

Corvids peered from their perches  
through the swamp mist, beady eyes 
searching  for their  next victim.    

Woe to the 
unsuspecting  traveler 
who ventures 
into the bayou 
under  a 
blue moon.   

9 comments:

  1. Seeing the first entry I searched to for your Sunday post and I found it a few sceonds before you put the replacement up. Well you persuaded me to avoid wandering around at night which is always scary even without demons and swamp witches!

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    1. Sorry for confusion. Blogger made one of their mysterious changes, and my Blue Moon ended up on the wrong blog!

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  2. This makes me want to avoid the bayou, Beverly. (shudder)

    And thank you for suggesting "Blue Highway". I'm going to get a copy and vicariously travel. The review stated it was about "those little towns that get on the map...." - I grew up in a speck on the map!

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  3. Ooh, I started shuddering at 'spittle flinging demons'.

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  4. you set up the mood pretty well here. i don't want to go into a swamp at night, especially under a blue moon. :)

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  5. Those lurking demons made me shudder. There is something extra eerie (and scary) about fiends (the lack manners) hiding in the shadows. I shall keep my eyes open, if I ever visit the bayou... in a blue moon.

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  6. Not a place I'd want to visit under a blue moon! **shiver**

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