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  • Posted by Tenebrous June 20, 2016 - Filed in TSC: Poems - 1,124 views

    Bloodmoon Rising

     

    Ian S. McClure

     

     

    I have seen the Bloodmoon rising,

     

    As werewolves snarl and maim.

     

    The pack's song of howling,

     

    Echoing without aim.

     

     

    I have run through reddened night,

     

    Leaving my camp behind.

     

    Irrefutable, terrible fright,

     

    Rampaging through my mind.

     

     

    I have seen the sanguine flow,

     

    As flashing fangs sunder my flesh.

     

    The prey captured and brought low—

     

    And yet now I felt bravery afresh.

     

     

    I have slashed with hidden blade—

     

    The monster's life waning.

     

    And as I escaped that damned glade,

     

    I had felt my fear fading.

     

     

    But I have seen the Bloodmoon rising,

     

    As werewolves snarl and maim.

     

    My newfound song of howling,

     

    Echoing without aim.

     

     

    ((Author's Note)): This is actually my first-ever poem, written for the 'Hug a Werewolf' event happening on the site! Please comment or critique if you feel like it, and thanks for reading!

Comments

7 Comments
  • Sotek
    Sotek   ·  June 20, 2016
    Bad moon rising... Classic
  • Tenebrous
    Tenebrous   ·  June 20, 2016
    Update: I have looked up 'I see the Bad Moon Rising', and it does indeed fit very well. Personally, when I wrote it, I imagined the narrator from Darkest Dungeon (Wayne Jude, who has also done a few Lovecraft audiobooks) saying it. 
  • Tenebrous
    Tenebrous   ·  June 20, 2016
    Thanks! When I first posted it, I honestly thought it wasn't that great, but after re-reading it a few times- plus the reactions of you all- made me realize it was actually not too shabby. 

    Also, I don't know that one, Lissette. I'll have to ...  more
  • The Long-Chapper
    The Long-Chapper   ·  June 20, 2016
    Hey, for your first poem, this is very good. Though I keep playing "I see the Bad Moon Rising" in my head. 
  • Tenebrous
    Tenebrous   ·  June 20, 2016
    Thanks, Sotek! 
  • Sotek
    Sotek   ·  June 20, 2016
    Nice to see this up here
  • Tenebrous
    Tenebrous   ·  June 20, 2016
    Minor update, replacing 'howl' with 'snarl' (As werewolves snarl and maim), due to me mentioning howling right after, and 'feel' with 'felt' (I had felt my fear fading), because the rest of the poem was in the past and I felt 'feel' didn't make sense.