The Curse

The Curse was born in darkness:

Struggled to get out,
Beat off light,
Grew wings and flew,
Screeched its’ name to the stars and forbade them illuminate its abode,
Grew terrible in its Almightyness,
Thundered across the valleys,

Beat at the windows
The doors
The chimney breasts

Rattled and shook
The gratings round the man’s brain
Sapped Her spirit
Terrorised their hearts

The little ones,
All cuddly and goo

Spun in the everlasting night
As the wind whipped up
And morals whipped down
And the man carried an axe
And the woman screamed

‘Do it!’ ‘Do it!’

And the woman screamed

‘Do it!’

And the woman screamed

‘Do!’

And the woman screamed -

And the curse stretched wide its grin
And the axe fell
And the madness blew

And, Oh!

There was blood everywhere

And, Oh!

There was blood !

And, Oh!

There was !

And, Oh! -

And only the curse was left,
Half remembered,
So tiny in the daylight.

‘Who could possibly have done this thing ?’ they wondered,
Frightened by the improbability of it all -

But the curse was already
Grinning its way to another part of the world.

5/5/00

  1. 1

    Comment by Anonymous

    It was cool And i like the blood part And the wings

    Posted on: January 6th, 2009 at 6:34 pm

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    Comment by it was left by a person

    great poem it was coolio man. liked the blood everywhere…

    Posted on: January 17th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

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    Comment by Anonymous

    it was amaying really funny, but scary I needed to say something about the poem it was ABSULUTLY FAB:
    hEY NEED GOOD POEMS ABOUT BLOOD EH; then tipe in monstor poems old mith legend there is a pic with blood everywere,

    so duds u will love it lol

    Posted on: January 19th, 2009 at 9:01 am

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    Comment by someone whos watching you...

    weirdness… i <3 it ! lol <3 the bloody parts

    Posted on: February 9th, 2009 at 11:57 am

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    Comment by nobody

    An excellent poem. :) The imagery is wonderful! (Especially the blood.)

    Posted on: March 2nd, 2009 at 8:08 pm

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    Comment by Anonymous

    awesome!!!!!

    Posted on: March 5th, 2009 at 3:51 pm

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    Comment by lissette

    it waz a AW3SOM3 po3m ! <3 !t!!!!!!:p u should writ3 mor3

    Posted on: March 8th, 2009 at 5:40 pm

  8. 8

    Comment by Anonymous

    woot its not scary enough

    Posted on: March 28th, 2009 at 2:15 am

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    Comment by Nough Buddy

    Pretty good, not scary enough, though….
    w00t!

    Posted on: April 10th, 2009 at 7:09 am

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    Comment by MILINDA

    TI WAS A GREAT POEM BUT NOT AN EDGE OF YO SEAT ONE :( BUT IT STILL WAS AIGHT AND COOL ! :)

    Posted on: April 20th, 2009 at 9:22 am

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    Comment by kjaaa

    who ever made this poem SUCKS!!!!!!!

    Posted on: April 29th, 2009 at 12:24 pm

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    Comment by Anonymous

    What a poem.Think You can make it more scarier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Posted on: April 29th, 2009 at 9:15 pm

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    Comment by Snowconez

    Nice poem, love it.I’m using it a Drama competition for my school. Hope I practice reading it well. ^^

    Posted on: May 1st, 2009 at 10:42 pm

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    Comment by melissa

    i think this poem is the turth and its turley amazing

    Posted on: May 4th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

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    Comment by Anonymous

    omg is awe-some. a little bit scary.

    Posted on: May 30th, 2009 at 6:39 pm

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    Comment by Anonymous

    hi this is a good poem

    Posted on: June 23rd, 2009 at 5:53 am

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    Comment by Anonymous

    it was cool i loved the bloody part

    Posted on: June 24th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

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    Comment by Desiree

    Yr “The Curse” poem is the best from the scary poem!!! Write some nature poems, i love nature!

    Posted on: July 1st, 2009 at 3:18 am

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    Comment by Anonymous

    EXCELLENT POEM!!

    Posted on: November 4th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

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    Comment by Monzie97

    hahahah cool but not sure the bit about the woman can confuse people u should work on making ur poems more clearer

    Posted on: February 25th, 2010 at 12:36 am

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    Comment by Ha;

    Blood!

    Posted on: April 26th, 2010 at 3:31 pm

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    Comment by gantor

    It was alrite but it could be more scarier.. But it was stilll alrite

    Posted on: May 27th, 2010 at 6:45 am

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    Comment by jejemon

    i love the bloody part. well,its cute

    Posted on: June 22nd, 2010 at 1:51 am

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    Comment by karan vikhar

    nice scary poem………….
    especially

    But the curse was already
    Grinning its way

    To another part of the world

    was fantastic……..

    Posted on: September 17th, 2010 at 2:57 pm

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    Comment by carla mason

    i love it the horror the mystery to it all you are one of a kind… write more its amazing, i hope for you to be discoverd.

    Posted on: October 20th, 2010 at 9:23 pm

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    Comment by vishesh

    awesome man ………………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    greaaaaaaaatttttttttt…….!!!!!!!!!!!

    Posted on: September 2nd, 2011 at 11:39 pm

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    Comment by simona

    great poem mate!

    Posted on: October 12th, 2011 at 4:36 am

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    Comment by Tayna

    That is a great poem about curse i love it even my mom love it <3

    Posted on: December 20th, 2011 at 4:20 pm

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