Pull me from the dark –
for you’ve resurrected me.
Once dead, I now breathe.
Am I poetry –
thoughts exhumed from darkened souls,
striving to reach light?
Or am I story –
ghosts adrift lost and forlorn
in cerebral night?
Write me on paper.
Free the monster in your head.
I need to be read.
Poet Rummager 
The way you write poetry so terrorifically, there would be three monsters exhumed from your head, all with rotten breaths, like stinking rats long dead……
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Ah, you say the sweetest things, and quite accurate, as well! All three live in my purse. 💀👾👹
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Haha, that bloody purse, surely it must have a can of de-odourizer in it too.
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Nah! The smell of danger is a natural pest repellant.
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Great illustration.
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Thank you, Derrick! It’s a self-portrait. I’m the one on the left. 😈
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I love your featured image, Rose. The reds and yellows really make it pop. The rat one is nice too…a nasty looking critter if ever I saw one.
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Thanks very much, Cathy! I enjoy drawing; even the nasties. 😈
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Nasties would probably be my favorites to draw…if I could. 😳
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Nasties are the most fun to draw! I’m an art instructor, and believe me when I say, everyone can learn to draw. It’s mostly technique.
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Isn’t everything mostly technique? 😉
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there might be
a monster, inside!
dare I? 🙂
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Yes! 👾
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This is very good!
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Ha! Stated like a true teacher. 😊 Many thanks, Jennie.
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You’re welcome, Rose! 🙂
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Beautiful image and effective video but your writing is the icing on the cake.
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Thank you kindly. I do love delicious icing on many things; not necessarily just cake. 😊
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🙂
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we both used terrific elements in our posts
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Yes, I agree Pupazzovi!
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Beautiful poem for monsters want to be heard too, like the monster in my head.
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Thank you, JC! Yes, let that monster out and play on paper. 😘
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Ah Rose, I haven’t been here since April. Just started visiting blogs, getting back to my tracks. It is a challenging year. Hope all is well.
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I’ve missed hearing from you, Inese! I understand you’ve struggled with health issues and hope you’re fully recovered. Take your time and rest easy. All is well here. Thank you. 🌹💋
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Thank you! xx
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Your poem inspires all the ghosts, ghouls and goblins!
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What a cool thought! I hope so… I do love the 3 g’s.
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Super illustration, I would like to be extra sensitive to the monster lurking inside me, but cannot promise that I can let it escape and do its vile thing.xx
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Now, I’m curious to meet this vile monster of yours. 👾
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I hung my words out on the clothes line
I patiently wait for them to dry
Colors or whites it means nothing to me
The mark of any good line is the stain
That lives washing after washing
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My dirty laundry is difficult to clean.
Silk blouses stained and marred from my sins.
Blood from those I’ve bludgeoned with cruel words,
leave streak marks and splotches on my corduroys.
lol. I enjoy playing with you, Shel. You inspire me. 💋
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I enjoy the same
Especially when
I shot straight
from the hip
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I enjoy your shots and don’t mind a good spanking, too. 😜
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Oh no Rose
This is a family show
OK maybe a pinch
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Haha! My channel is far from being family friendly. I’ll take a pinch. 😀
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Great poem and the idea is so inspiring !!
Best wishes!!!!
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You’ve always been a positive force. I welcome your generous energy to sustain my writer’s soul. ❤️
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Thank u so much Poet Rummager for ur kind words…it is my pleasure indeed to be one of ur followers !
♡
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I’m very excited to read this year’s stories. I’ve been waiting for Halloween since…last Halloween.
(Ugh! Auto “correct” changed “excited” to “executed”. 🙂 Might have a gremlin on board.)
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I love Halloween! I’ll be hanging out on that day with Fly, and we’ll be concocting more fun for SMM! It’s been grand having you around, Og. I can’t imagine WordPress without you. You’re my favorite Irish monster. ❤️Yes, be wary of gremlins!
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This is so great. Enlightenment is key to remove us from the dark.
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Thanks a lot for visiting!
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Much welcome
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Wow, now you are writing advertising haikus…is there no end tou your talent? I like the ‘light’ and ‘night’ rhyming.
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Thank you, Stephen! I read your comments like they’re pizza — food for me I can’t stop craving. xo
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Yum yum.
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I like your poem–sort of dreamy and mysterious monsters. That top image is great, too–she’s also enigmatic. 🙂
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You have the best words, Merril, and you string them together beautifully. Thank you so much. 🌹
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You are always welcome, Rose!
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😊
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Well done post for the upcoming contest. The video is great.
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Thanks K!💋
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Whoa…i wish i could unleash the monster in my…lol
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Ha! Are you being naughty, Mich?
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Hmmm hahhahahaah…kinda…sort of…
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Lovely piece–hope you win! 🙂
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You’re sweet! It’s actually a contest I’m co-sponsoring. FlyTrapMan and I run Slasher Monster Magazine together. I thank you for your positive soul 😊
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Such great imagery here, I love the ghosts adrift in the cerebral night! Halloween is great, actually my favorite holiday. Super poem, I may have to look for monsters 😀
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Thank you! I, too, love Halloween. 👻🎃
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That’s really beautifully written😮 Do look at this poem that i wrote and tell me what you think about it: https://hardikrane29.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/the-special-eyes/
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Reblogged this on Creative Writing Reblogged.
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I always love your terrorific writings… Will check SMM to read more of them… 😀 Let the terror unleash the tenure of fear… ❤
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I’ve missed you! Always know you’re welcome to submit your work to SMM if you find the time. I understand you’re very busy. You know I love your writing. Many thanks, dear Mani. ❤️👻
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I’ll try to submit on SMM …. 🙂
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If you find the time, that would be grand! So far we have a few male entries and no female ones. 🤗
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Pulling the monsters out of your head and spilling them on paper! It scares me already for I am sure many ghosts, demons, and phantoms will put their best foot forward to unleash their terror.
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Very cool illustration, Rose! And the haikus are as always exquisite – especially love the last one 😄 😘
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I’m dancing from your kind words!🎶💋
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😄😍
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Wow! Nice!
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Another poem lover over here too😊
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Hello! Thanks for visiting. 😊
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Beautifully written 😄
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Thanks so much for reading!
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i love this so much
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I’m happy to hear that! Thank you.
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And I’m inspired.
Lovely piece
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Many thanks!
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You see to have so many monsters in your head, waiting to be put on paper. A beautiful poem.
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There are some days when I look like Medusa. Thank you, Otto.
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