Analysis of Horror Poetry Set #011

ALABASTER GLOWING (II) (13/05/2021)
A supernatural
Alabaster glowing
Liberates the night

ANGRY UNSMILING CHILDREN (14/05/2021)
An image troubles:
Angry unsmiling children,
With razor-sharp fangs.

BATWINGS ROARING (14/05/2021)
Batwings are roaring
Just like thunder overhead,
Death is swooping down.

COMING DOWN (14/05/2021)
Civilisation
Coming down around our ears
The age of chaos

THE CULT OF FEAR (14/05/2021)
The innocent flee
Evil doctrines and dogmas
Of the cult of fear

DARK CATACOMBS (14/05/2021)
Terror slowly stalks
Dark catacombs in the night,
Seeking human food.

DIRE WARNINGS OF DOOM (14/05/2021)
Shades flicker nearby
Loathsome ghostly creatures give,
Dire warnings of doom

EVIL OMENS (14/05/2021)
Evil omens give
Warnings of a tragedy,
Very soon to strike.

FIGHTING OVER YOU
Dreams of a tiger
Dreams of a dingo, or wolf;
Fighting over you.

FIENDS
All manner of fiends
Hide in the shadows, waiting,
Readying to pounce.

FIENDS SLOWLY WAKEN
Day turns to night-time
Goodness turns to evil
As fiends slowly waken.

FIERCE DRAGONS
Valiant knights turn
And flee in mounting terror,
As fierce dragons near.

FIERY HELL (15/03/2009)
Midnight moon reflects
The light of the hidden sun,
Fiery hell awaits.

THE FLYING SERPENT
The flying serpent
Quetzalcoatl: God to some;
Devil to others.

FEAR STIRS WITHIN
Morbid fantasies
As daylight turns to night-time,
And fear stirs within.

FLAPPING (20/05/2010)
Endless black overhead
No moon or stars anywhere;
Flapping slowly nears.

FLESH IN THE FURNACE (I)
Flesh in the furnace
People cooked like animals;
Germany insane.

FOOTSTEPS IN THE HALL (III)
Footsteps in the hall
Wingbeats in the darkness,
Evil drawing nearer.

GHOSTLY DANCER (14/05/2021)
A ghostly dancer,
Waltzing along the blacktop,
Killing all who stop.

GHOSTLY IMAGES
Wispy, ghostlike images
Move through the shadows;
Creeping ever nearer.

GHOSTLY PHANTOM IMAGES
Dark shadows hiding
Ghostly phantom images,
Leaping out at you.

THE HANDS OF DEATH
The merciless grip
Of unseen hands in the dark,
Squeezing, squeezing, squeez....

HIDDEN IN THE NIGHT (14/05/2021)
Hidden in the night
Terror slowly unravels
Leaping out at you.

HUMANS SKINNED ALIVE
Humans skinned alive
Their tanned flesh used as lampshades,
By the Nazi fiends.

IMBIBING (14/05/2021)
Monstrous shadows
Imbibing unwary sleepers,
Through cracks in the floor.

MURDER AFTER MIDNIGHT
A mind bent on murder
Hunting through the dark streets,
In the early morn.

THE MUSIC OF DOOM (II)
Music resounding
Deep within your mind,
Is keeping you entranced.

MYSTERIES OF THE NIGHT (II)
Mysteries of night
Hold no terrors for me, for
People call me death.

THE NAMELESS ABOMINATION
Through the dark void
A nameless abomination,
Oozes ever nearer.

NAMELESS SHADOWS QUAVER
Nameless shadows quaver
Creatures that thrive at night,
Lurking in shadows.

NATURE’S FURY
Storm clouds rise
Thunder crashes like tidal waves,
Susurration of rain.

THE NECROMANCERS
Working late at night
Raising the dead to find,
What the future will bring.

NEW TERROR RISING (I)
A mushroom cloud soars
Changes to a demon face,
New terror rising.

NIGHT CRAWLERS
Loathsome slimy beasts
Crawling through the marshlands;
Feasting on the living.

NIGHT CRAWLERS CRAWLING
Night crawlers crawling
Through the dark and sullen night,
Readying to kill.

NIGHT CREATURES LURKING (I)
Night creatures lurking
In dark shadows out of sight,
Darkfall approaches.

NIGHT CREEPERS
Foul creatures creeping
Around the dark night streets,
Set on doing evil.

NIGHT DANGERS BECKON
Night dangers beckon
Innocent strangers over,
Hunting unwary prey.

NIGHT DEMONS
Night demons caper
Gibbering at the full moon,
Plotting evil acts.

NIGHT DEMONS HUNTING
Sensing fresh blood
Night demons shrill, as they go
Hunting after midnight.

NIGHT DREAMS
Night dreams are the dreams
Of terror that stalks the night;
Dreams of your own death.

NIGHT EAGLES WATCHING
Night eagles winging
Just above the rooftops,
Watch your every move.

NIGHT EVIL
Evil stalks the streets
Hunting down the innocent,
Late one moonless night.

NIGHT EVIL BECKONING (15/03/2009)
Evil beckoning
In the dark and soulful night,
Death is coming soon.

NIGHT EVIL STALKING
Evil walking by
Killers stalking the darkness,
Murder all insight.

NIGHTFALL COMES
Darkness is growing
Spreading its evil influence,
As nightfall comes.

NIGHT FLYERS (III)
Night flyers sailing
Low above the treetops,
Searching for a kill.

NIGHT FLOATERS (I)
Night floaters skimming
Softly above your head,
Drifting down toward you.

THE NIGHT FOREST
The forest comes to life
In the dark of night, with
Crawling, hopping death.

NIGHT GAUNTS (I)
Night Gaunts haunt your nights
Elephantine shapes winging,
Round and round your head.

ROAMING LOST SPIRITS (14/05/2021)
Roaming lost spirits
Are waiting ever waiting,
Needing to pass on.

THE END
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia