Minimalist Horror
Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Forum Posts: 5601
-Missy-
Tyrant of Words
31
Joined 10th Jan 2021 Forum Posts: 5601
Poetry Contest Description
Write the most atmospheric terror you can in 25 words.
To honour the start of spooky season, I present a challenge — I would like you to write the scariest poem that you can in no more than 25 words.
I am looking for atmosphere, terror, and fear…. Think about it a little.
Rules
• New writes only
• No erotica
• Up to 3 entries per human being
• No pictures / visual poems / audio / video. The provocation of the words should stand on their own without visual enhancements.
• No more than 25 words. Title doesn’t count as part of the word count. Poems can be less than 25 words, but not more than.
• Comp judged by host
•2 weeks
_feral
Forum Posts: 842
Fire of Insight
11
Joined 23rd Jan 2021 Forum Posts: 842
passing the gates
to see ancestors
who have walked
before my steps,
found vines
curling around
their worn in
headstones
as she howls
her next
claim.
Written by _feral
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Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Forum Posts: 5601
-Missy-
Tyrant of Words
31
Joined 10th Jan 2021 Forum Posts: 5601
Cheers for the 1st entry, Vits. Spooktacular 👻
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Northern_Soul
-Missy-
Forum Posts: 5601
-Missy-
Tyrant of Words
31
Joined 10th Jan 2021 Forum Posts: 5601
Hey Rob… thanks for your entry, however the guidelines state no visual poems on this occasion, so I can’t allow it… soz mate. 😕
Anonymous
Oops. Would help if I had read. My bad.
"No Dad, I Won't be Coming Home."
She screwed her eyes into the corners
Of the empty nursery,
Recalling the rag doll &
Silver pair of scissors.
"No Dad, I Won't be Coming Home."
She screwed her eyes into the corners
Of the empty nursery,
Recalling the rag doll &
Silver pair of scissors.
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Jordan
D.O.C.
Forum Posts: 245
D.O.C.
Thought Provoker
13
Joined 4th May 2022Forum Posts: 245
Death and Silence
Sole All-Powerful
"Everybody hears of the past; nobody hears it scream."
-- the history human of horror global
*
In
untold
graveyards
still
they
lie
tight-lipped
mouths
sewn
shut
taught
by
masters.
*
a dedication of Respect
for
Pain continuous --
the cost of existence
fun
a revolving helios senryu satire menippean on
human life
"Everybody hears of the past; nobody hears it scream."
-- the history human of horror global
*
In
untold
graveyards
still
they
lie
tight-lipped
mouths
sewn
shut
taught
by
masters.
*
a dedication of Respect
for
Pain continuous --
the cost of existence
fun
a revolving helios senryu satire menippean on
human life
Written by Jordan
(D.O.C.)
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MadameLavender
Forum Posts: 5594
Guardian of Shadows
86
Joined 17th Feb 2013Forum Posts: 5594
"23 And Me"
Non-healthcare company,
not subject to privacy laws....
Your world is in their hands
Buy, sell, trade....create....
(did you send your DNA to them?)
not subject to privacy laws....
Your world is in their hands
Buy, sell, trade....create....
(did you send your DNA to them?)
Written by MadameLavender
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MadameLavender
Forum Posts: 5594
Guardian of Shadows
86
Joined 17th Feb 2013Forum Posts: 5594
The Zoltar Machine
Beachside arcade
**seagulls, cackle**
Lights , buzzers--winner!
Zoltar waits, quietly
(salt-bleached wood floors)
"25 cents, please!"
Fortune scroll from chute,
completly wordless ....
**seagulls, cackle**
**seagulls, cackle**
Lights , buzzers--winner!
Zoltar waits, quietly
(salt-bleached wood floors)
"25 cents, please!"
Fortune scroll from chute,
completly wordless ....
**seagulls, cackle**
Written by MadameLavender
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Sybil_StarWitch
Sybille Anne Martin
Joined 13th July 2022
Forum Posts: 9
Sybille Anne Martin
Lost Thinker
Forum Posts: 9
No Way Home
The mists,
Closing in about...
The woods darkly kissed!
Deepening doubt...
Claws slashing!
Flaying flesh from bone.
Tendrils lashing,
And no way home.
Reality crashing!
Closing in about...
The woods darkly kissed!
Deepening doubt...
Claws slashing!
Flaying flesh from bone.
Tendrils lashing,
And no way home.
Reality crashing!
Written by Sybil_StarWitch
(Sybille Anne Martin)
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wallyroo92
Forum Posts: 1757
Tyrant of Words
147
Joined 11th July 2012Forum Posts: 1757
Arachnid Fantasy
In the coffin
In the dark
Still alive
Hundreds of tiny hairy legs
Crawling all over every single inch of your skin
Looking to nest…
In the coffin
In the dark
Still alive
Hundreds of tiny hairy legs
Crawling all over every single inch of your skin
Looking to nest…