Autumn's Words
Beware the Words the Dead Still Write
By Michelle Liew Tsui-LinPublished 4 months ago • 1 min read
Photo by Lukasz Szmigiel on Unsplash
Some words should never be read.
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Words on autumn bark—
Luminous letters in blood,
Letters of the slain.
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Message on fall’s earth—
Cryptic words where none should be
Keeper of my soul.
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For Mikeydred's Song of Seven Challenge:
About the Creator
Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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Comments (6)
Oooo, blood hehehehehe. Loved this so much!
Creepy poetics, I love it! Michelle. Autumn is filled with such allure for all things mysterious and beyond, and you captured it quite well here.
Spooky and poetic go so well together. Well done on another solid piece
Creepy haikuplet! Feels Like the entryway to a scary story
Woo, spooky! I love the tone and imagery of this.
Luminous letters in blood’ such a hauntingly vivid image!