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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Ferns are my favorite houseplant..and yes, I am crazy.

“The Rescue of Dryopteris” An afterthought, I took broken pot and held her. Barely does she sigh. Partially dead, I shook what was not held deeply in her branches dry. “Still a trace of life’s green” she whispered, faintly audible to my ears. Water-misted her clean; tear drops heard as she began to... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 30, 2015

"The Big Halloween Heist"

"The Big Halloween Heist" Mom! No! You coodunt be so mean ta me! I trusted you and then we spent last night to get that kandy from a skery streeet Oh, how could you do this; your such a fright My favrit bubbled gum, now it is stole I hope that God will punish you! I'm right I hope a ghost will come... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

The Proof is in the Pumpkin

“The Proof is in the Pumpkin” “Ok, Susie, if I've told you once, I've told you 100 times, this is a course in stirring the witch's pot. You've got to get over it and put that cell phone away! Now, here is the problem: I say throw the puppy in along with the frogs and all those lovely worms but you... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Harvest Cornucopia

(Prompt is to write about a Scarecrow without using the word in any form,even the word, "man". So here goes:) Far from the city lights, romance in rows among brave lettuce leaf bare happy scene. Beneath that harvest moon their choir bestows upon their Keeper love and high esteem. Protected pumpkins... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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Sunday, October 25, 2015

A Meeting On All Hallows' Eve

Beneath my lonely room, bare floorboard creaks. My sleep is hampered by a yawning sound. My radio now crackles as she speaks. For tuning, no solution may be found. And, ah...an itch that comes from out-of-sight! Just 'oer my shoulder, turn to see with fear where demons twist their danse macabre... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Things That Go Bump in the Night

It is the end of an idyllic summer on Tanglewood Street in Daytona Beach, Florida. My sister, age 6, is excited and practices her Frankenstein walk all afternoon and I, age 10, can't stop looking at myself in the mirror. A magical transformation has taken place. I am a black and terrifying spider.... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Hemingway's Haunted Place

When Sloppy Joe's was moved on Duval Street the bar was never closed. With drink in hand old Hemingway and friends waltz to the beat; a Puerto Rican rum went with the band. His house on Whitehead Street, when viewed demands to know just where he might be writing now. They say Pauline's old typwriter... Sign in to see full entry.

Horror Movies

Dark memories still conjure in my mind when Dracula's grey coffin does appear. As child, when first I heard that crash sublime of wing`ed bats, too black, engendered fear. Oh, many sodden years since first I saw the Count, wherein his lady, casket bound is tortured by the constant drip of raw,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 17, 2015

A Warning for Lovers

Be warned, for winter's tease is all about. Slight chill is in the air. Her glance is there. Such danse macabre comes with October's rout when crimson leaves burn, withering and drear. When colors drunk with frost and wind so high, leaves swirl through trees and branches bend to ground, their... Sign in to see full entry.

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