Daughter of the Dark



The fire hisses, the cauldron bubbles,
Daughter of the night, stirring up troubles
Adding ingredients to her brew,
Elements of evil come into view.

Bent of form with a twisted limb,
Malevolence is deep within.
Malice seeps from every pore,
Eminating from her very core.

Her voice a rasp, within her lair,
She offers up unholy prayer
At an altar formed of bones and skin,
Beseeching power to perform sin.

Under the dark mantle, the witch takes flight.
Her broomstick streaking through the night,
Sinister eyes with a burning stare,
Searching for a hapless soul to snare.

A touch of blight, the spread of disease,
Acts of rancor to spread unease,
The spells are cast, the deeds are spawned,
Returning home before the dawn.

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A poem about a witch on All Hallow's Eve

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Written on July 12, 2023

Submitted by jimmyl.11861 on October 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB XCDD EECC FFEE GGXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 734
Words 147
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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  • Jewoo525
    Another great spooky entry this month. I loved the Macbeth vibes that the opening couple of lines invoke, I always think of that play this time of the year. As a kid, I always enjoyed reading "The Last Apprentice" series by Joseph Delaney, this poem was very reminiscent of how the books depicted malevolent witches of older folklore- truly terrifying practitioners of evil rather than just some crazy old hag. I enjoyed reading this poem, keep writing! 
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