Monday, September 16, 2024

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[image courtesy dVerse poetry pub:Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonté, 1934, book illustration]

 Vampire quadrille

insatiable to warmth and life,

monsters of night bringing strife,

for their cold rapport no sunlight,

only discord to warrant fright,

a click of fangs,

to soothe their pangs,

these bloodthirsty beings of dark,

even the ravens will cry out, hark!

beware the night!

© gillena cox 2024

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24 comments:

  1. DoraSeptember 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM

    Love the flow of rhythm and rhyme in your poetry, Gillena, and especially these vivid, unsettling phrasings of "these bloodthirsty beings of dark": "click of fangs" and "cold rapport" -- all hit the spot.

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  2. ms_liliSeptember 16, 2024 at 5:45 PM

    clicking fangs sends a chill through my being!

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  3. Gillena CoxSeptember 16, 2024 at 5:54 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Lisa

    much♡love

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  4. Arcadia MariaSeptember 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM

    I too like the rhythmn in this poem and the rhyme scheme. Nicely done Gillena.

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  5. Gillena CoxSeptember 16, 2024 at 9:14 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Arcadia

    much♡love

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  6. DiSeptember 16, 2024 at 10:30 PM

    Beware the night indeed.

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  7. Nicole HorlingsSeptember 16, 2024 at 11:00 PM

    I loved the line "even the ravens will cry out, hark!" and the warning to "beware the night" that sums up the whole poem.

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    1. Gillena CoxSeptember 17, 2024 at 1:05 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Nicole

      much♡love

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  8. robkistnerSeptember 17, 2024 at 12:37 AM

    Beware the night, indeed. Good piece Gillena. 👍🏼🙂

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  9. Gillena CoxSeptember 17, 2024 at 1:06 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Rob

    much♡love

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  10. brudbergSeptember 17, 2024 at 1:18 AM

    Oh... the night is always dark... you never know what it might conceal.

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  11. Gillena CoxSeptember 17, 2024 at 1:30 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation, Björn

    much♡love

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  12. Kim M. RussellSeptember 17, 2024 at 2:21 AM

    I hear echoes of Poe and the 'click of fangs' in your vampire quadrille, Gillena.

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  13. Jane DoughertySeptember 17, 2024 at 5:09 AM

    An echo of Macbeth here. I like it :)

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    1. Gillena CoxSeptember 17, 2024 at 3:06 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation, Jane

      much♡love

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  14. K.HartlessSeptember 17, 2024 at 8:46 AM

    Ooh, that click of fangs is such a creepy image. I love it, Gillena.

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  15. David BogomolnySeptember 17, 2024 at 9:20 AM

    This is fantastic, Gillena!

    Much love,
    David
    SkepticsKaddish.com

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  16. Gillena CoxSeptember 17, 2024 at 3:06 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation, David

    much♡love

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  17. Frewin55September 18, 2024 at 2:14 AM

    Even in the warmth of Caribbean nights there must be vampires, "real" or metaphorical - well conjured, Gillena...

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  18. Merril D. SmithSeptember 18, 2024 at 8:01 AM

    Very atmospheric, Gillena! Like others, I find the "click of fangs" very creepy.

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