GASP!

Scary Poems For Halloween

Thirteen poems about horror, fear, and murder

Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash

Blood Soaked Wink

walking along the river today

under the highway bridge overpass

with a red-stained saw in my hand and a shovel in the other

I passed a homeless-looking man

with a red-stained axe in his and a spade in his other

and we looked at each other

and then at our tools

and at each other again

and brought a finger to our lips

winked

and continued on.

Maiden Bath

elizabeth báthory bathing in a bloodbath

takes sips of her epileptic cure virgin juice

but tomorrow she’ll still have seizures

and will need a few more maidens from the countryside.

Relevancy

fame is a lens you can’t take off

when your monday nights are in the news

and the things you spill out

get written down with anticipatory penmanship