Poetry Blogs (2013, fantasy)

Jungles

They are coming with the needle They think they are being kind Sending me back to The jungles of my mind. There are creatures in the forest, I can feel them closing in Screaming in my mind In a brain jarring din. The fire is burning well Sending out heat and light Keeping at bay Those creatures of...

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Friday 11th October 2013 5:09 pm

Fantasy Night sleep terrors fear trapped mental illness

From Beyond a Dream

by Simon Austin

The ballet dancers swim outside my doors,
And pluck at scarlet fruits behind my eyes;
They pirouette in seven’s, eight’s and nine’s
Then drown in reddened lakes in twenty-four’s.
Their sodden tutu’s, drink them up through straws
And on their bloated bodies, here, do dine -
They make the most delicious cherry wine
So do not think their death was without cause!

Then from their shelled rema...

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Tuesday 24th September 2013 11:35 am

dream fantasy lucid nightmare poem