THE DEVIL’S MAIDEN NAME

31 DAYS OF HORROR – LINK UP IN COMMENTS Written by ERIC KEYS and HastyWords ~2013   Blood shot eyes stared back from the darkness Unholy nights visiting with no holding out allowed Time slides languid, no taking back choices made In love with you I fell into hell before having died And I learned…

HALLOWEEN FUN

31 DAYS OF HORROR – LINK UP IN COMMENTS TO BE FEATURED ON SUNDAY’S POST Last Halloween I felt up for having a bit of fun so I used the Poetry Prompt from Writing Forward and wrote a Halloween tale used all the words below. Sheer Horror Ghostly Ghouls Kids and Candy scythe mask bloody…

SLAYING DEPRESSED DRAGONS

Part of my 31 days of horror.  Please write something creepy and link to the comments below. I’m perfect, perfectly fine! Oh, my eyes are red? Yea, I danced with demons last night. Smile, giggle, laugh… Oh, how did I burn myself? Yea, well you see I visited hell last night Smile, giggle, laugh… Oh,…

THE DARK MARES

For everyone participating or following along on my 31 days of horror I will be posting a summary of those who are linking up so be sure to check back on Sundays!  I’ve read some awesome linkups so keep them coming and link below in the comments section if you have something to share.  Thank…

BREEZE OF INSANITY

Bodies dangling from the sky Like swings on a summer day The rapture left us all to cry Captured in the sun lights ray Spirits fly in circles, like bats Rushing for a dwelling place A dirty place full of restless rats Like sparrows darting, keeping pace They dance around hopelessly Out of place, out…

RUTHLESS

Titled by Cyan Ryan playing on the name Ruth which means friend.  Please show Cyan some blog love, he took a break but looks as if he needs a bit of sunshine and support.   Written by Cyan Ryan and HastyWords   I was mourning tearfully the prior evening’s dreams Where noisy birds had ripped…

In 31 Words

Originally posted on The Reverie:
Tomorrow starts OctPoWriMo! Don’t know what that is? It’s okay. You aren’t alone. I just found out about it this year. I feel completely out of the loop. But for those of you that are familiar with NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), this is sort-of the same thing, except for poets. Which…

LETTING GO

Originally posted on The Winter Bites My Bones:
It is human nature to become too attached to things or people.Learn how to let go with grace. Letting go of regrets is not some passive undertaking.  Regret is a weight that anchors us in the past, rendering the future as unobtainable. Letting go takes courage and…

INTOXICATING WINE

WRITTEN BY SERINS AND HASTYWORDS ♦ Once upon a time, many howling moons ago, music played As my friends danced under the fullest set of stars, I watched While their looks turned like rotten fruit and I seemed to vanish Into someone without a face, a translucent cloud of mist fading Into the moonlight as…