Topic: Graveyard Walk

[Voodoo Child]

Graveyard Walk

The sullen blood-tinged moon lies low in a starless sky,
Casting grim black silhouettes with it's baleful eye.
The cold wind blows skeletal trees with uncertain gusts,
Swirling the dry parchment leaves on the graveyard dust.

Marble angels with broken wings lie silent on the ground;
Weathered headstones, faded with time, mark the burial mounds.
Strange mists drifts between monuments made of stone,
Blanketing the crumbling coffins and their ancient bones.

A long forgotten chapel sits on a lonely churchyard;
It's windows stare with vacant eyes, it's ornate doors lay charred.
The sullen moon casts eerie shadows that makes the heart grow frail;
Will you walk this land of the dead and live to tell the tale?

[LucyLuu]

Hiya Cookie,

This is such a great write.  Wonderful visuals.  It reminds me of a small graveyard beside a very old Church in my town that everyone says is haunted.  People used to dare others to stay there by themselves.  They would drop them off and then come back and pick the up later.  What stories that have gone around about this haunted old cemetery. 

Thanks for sharing and I hope to see you tomorrow in voo chat.. I may be a bit late, but I hope to be there..

take care,

Denise

[Kay]

Cookie,

Marble angels with broken wings lie silent on the ground;
Weathered headstones, faded with time, mark the burial mounds.
Strange mists drifts between monuments made of stone,
Blanketing the crumbling coffins and their ancient bones.

I sure felt the sense of foreboding and of being alone, but not really.
Graveyards kind of give me the creeps. Very effective, I love your "marble angels"


 

[Saxman]

Will you walk this land of the dead and live to tell the tale?

Love this line.....Great poem.....

[Voodoo Child]

Denise, my friend,
Thank you so much for your kind words.
I was calling upon all my childhood visits to graveyards for visuals.

-Cookie

[Voodoo Child]

Thanks, Kay,
Your feeling of foreboding let's me know that I accomplished my objective.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!

-Cookie

[Voodoo Child]

Hi there, Saxman,
We are new to each others poetry and I'm so glad you enjoyed this one!
I look forward to getting to know your poetry.

-Cookie

[Lady SunShine]

wow sis this is great
I love the ending perfect
this would make a nice swish

[Voodoo Child]

Thanks, Sunny girl!
You must've been reading my mind.
I've been searching the internet for scary video clips
Have to convert them for swish...
Anyone know where I might find video for this poem?

Cookie

[seraph]

Cookie~

A shivery walk indeed.

May need to bring a sweater!

My favorite stanza is the middle one:

Marble angels with broken wings lie silent on the ground;
Weathered headstones, faded with time, mark the burial mounds.
Strange mists drifts between monuments made of stone,
Blanketing the crumbling coffins and their ancient bones.

Beautiful depiction of a graveyard walk.

~A

[the beholder]

ya what seraph said

[Voodoo Child]

Thanks for your wonderful words!
I'm so happy you enjoyed it.
I just finished making a cin(e)poem of this piece,
but, I cant get it to post.... pooooo!
Hope rg can help me out!

Cookie

[x6xmeghanx6x]

chilly in here or is it just me.  That made me smile and cringe at the same time.  I never thought of it like that...great job making me think.color]

[Voodoo Child]

Thanks, X!
You got it! I intended it to be whimsical and scary at the same time.
I finally got the cin(e)poem posted in that forum.

Cookie