Comment from MaggieMcCall

Excellent

Oh wow, this is very creepy, but also really moving and beautiful. A perfect read for Halloween. Thank you so much for sharing this!

Maggie

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014

Thank you so much, Maggie :-) Brooke

Comment from Drew Delaney

Excellent

Well written, dear Brooke. It is a scary poem but not so much for adults who have heard these type of stories plenty of times. I watched a cartoon my granddaughter wanted to watch yesterday. She is only four. I couldn't believe how horrifying it was. With what they call these days, the walking dead and other names. If I would have seen this when I was that age, I would have had bad dreams for years.

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014

thanks so much, Drew :-) Brooke

Comment from Janet Foor

Exceptional

Yikes! Thank goodness for my night light! Lol
This is another excellent poem Brooke. For Halloween, it has everything.
The many poetic devices work beautifully.
I'm going dressed as a zombie to a costume party tonight.
I think I would fit right into your poem. Haha

Janet :-)

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014

Janet, thank you so much - I appreciate your generous stars. Have fun at the party, and Happy Halloween :-) Brooke

Comment from PatVallesMangan

Excellent

Happy Halloween! This was a perfect treat. :) I really enjoyed this spooky tale told in lovely poetic and frighteningly precise rhythm! I truly enjoyed! Blessings! ~ pat

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014

Happy Halloween to you, too, Pat :-) And thanks for the review. Brooke

Comment from Neonewman

Exceptional

I will eagerly give up this six star review Brooke, I mean damn! This is one masterfully-crafted compelling piece you have delivered. I am so incredibly inspired by this piece, you know I love to write and read horror and man am I pumped. Thank you for sharing your brilliance young lady!
God bless!

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014

Thank you so much, my generous and encouraging friend :-) Brooke

Comment from acerisestory

Excellent

I don't think I'll be going out alone this Halloween night after this frightening poem, Brooke! You've instilled such a feeling of horror and dread . . . well done, I think!

You've used perfect rhyming and great alliteration and enjambment to increase the flow from one line to the next.

If only I had a six! Thanks for another amazing poem, Brooke! Alana

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014

Thanks so much, Alana - love to scare people on Halloween! :-) Brooke

Comment from Shirley B

Excellent

Wonderful poem of darkness Brooke. No one can write a rhyming poem like you. I hope you have a Happy Halloween. Do you have a lot of kids come by? We do, we always run out of candy! Have a fun time tonight. Watch out for those skeletons, Shirley

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014

Shirley, thanks so much. Happy Halloween to you too. No, I live in an apartment complex that doesn't have many children in it, and the families who do have kids are mainly Indian, and I'm assuming they don't do Halloween. Brooke :-)

Comment from Roxanna Andrews

Exceptional

I won't be able to sleep tonight. As always very well done and a fun tale of the horrors of Halloween, I loved this holiday when I was a kid. Rox

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014

Rox, thank you so very much for your generous response to this poem . Happy Halloween! Brooke :-)

Comment from Lovinia

Excellent

Hi Brooke

You have excelled yourself her ... I imagine this will be the one to beat, though I've only read a couple of entries.

Perfect meter and wonderful rhyme. Dark and scary without all the blood and gore. Poor little darling skeletons .. you almost had me feeling sorry for them. lol

Your poem has me in the graveyard in the depths of the night ... hiding of course, yet with full view of all those ghost seeking freedom for one night ... quite enough I think.

Now is this my favourite verse??

"The stars in the sky were extinguished that night,
so the evil that hovered stayed hidden from sight.
'Tis then when it did what all evil will do --
As the dark kept it covered, it flourished and grew." ... difficult to choose.

My favourite line: -

"they wailed like the wind as it whips through the sea."

Some nice alliteration throughout and excellent phrasing ... a great bite of Halloween, yet so low-key in a kind of ominous way. Each time the poem is read it just builds in intensity ... I almost stopped breathing.

Using this meter has worked very well for the images you create. I see a flurry of ghostly shadows as the skeletons emerge and crowd together ... each verse adding a greater number of skeletons .. and ZAP ... you have them all neatly back in their graves in a single verse. Really exceptional Brooke ... I so wish I had a six. I wish you the best of luck in the contest. Hugs - Lovi xoxox

PS Superb presentation ... great image.

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014

Lovinia, thank you for the compliments, but this poem isn't entered in any contest. I wrote a poem a couple of weeks ago that is my entry in the anapestic contest, which is what I assume you're referring to :-) I very much appreciate your encouragement and attention to detail :-) Brooke

reply by Lovinia on 03-Nov-2014

Hi Brooke

So right .. me wrong ... my head usually falls off at Halloween. :))) I'm sure the other one did well in the contest .. I'll have to seek it out. I see Sawyer had a Happy Halloween ... kit kat ,,,, yum. He looks so cute. Hugs - Lovi xoxo

Comment from me_tudor

Excellent

This was really great, Brooke and perfect for Halloween. I love your poetry and this one tells a spooky story. Great job!

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2014

me_tudor, thank you so much :-) Brooke