Today's Little Ditty

OFFICE HORROR STORY "Come closer," it said, "for I must be fed. All documents welcome, 'cause I want to SHRED....

SATURDAY MATINEE: VINCENT PRICE DOUBLE FEATURE A seat complains in creaks as the person next to her shifts. A beetle-cracking crun...

Natalio Please come in . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foUyyBM2ins  don't mind the creaky gate. All are welcome! ...

NIGHT MONSTER Burrow under blankets. Block out light. Curl to make me little. Squeeze eyes tight. Shush my booming heartbeat. Breath...

TORNADO Rains pelt, winds whip, fears unfold, turbulent thunder storms brewing, looking for funnel clouds as the sky turns a gree...

The following is a found poem based on this New York Times article . THE RED CLAPBOARD HOUSE           – for Cindy, Thomas, Bonnie,...

relative distance distance is farther in the dark. mom and dad downstairs watching tv in a   lit room are a light year away from awak...

SLEEPOVER cousins late night pizza and sweet tea ghost stories under sheets delicious chills until we had to pee tiptoe down the dar...

DOLLY You thought I was asleep But I peeked from beneath the sheets And saw you move © 2017 Rebecca Herzog. All rights reserved...

BUTTERFLY EFFECT You lured me into the dark kitchen at the back of the gym with the promise of extra candy. With perfect gymnast pos...

Click HERE to read this month's interview with Carrie Clickard. Her DMC challenge is to write a poe...

UNDER MY BED There is a darkness lurking near This darkness fills my heart with dread I'm not alone – I think – I fear A darknes...

THE FOREST AT NIGHT beneath evening skies a million glowing eyes blink from midnight's branches screeches of owls phantom win...

CARRIE CLICKARD Carrie Clickard professes to have spent every free moment since birth with a book in her hand or on...