Autumn season’s fruit
Lies frost-bitten on the ground,
Hardened and dying
Like carcasses petrified
After weeks in summer’s sun.
In a sad and horrid state,
A pumpkin sits decaying,
Mold growing like fuzz
On a freshly ripened peach.
The stench of mildew prevails.
As the gourd rots there
Orange fades to blueish-green.
The shoes of children
Scattered across the dark field
Of forgotten promises.
Within this corn maze,
Haunted by abandoned hope
And destitute dreams,
The lab’rinth is filled with ghosts
That roam these dark corridors.
Forever alone—
Abandoned to rot in peace—
The phantasms cry
In shrill terror at the sound
That makes mockery of fun.
© 2024 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
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Tristan Robert Lange (
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- Comment from author about the poem: This is a response to Sparkle City Magic's (Medium.com) Mystical Adventure~Week #6 prompts: ghosts, pumpkin, fun, shoes and fruit. For this poem, I chose to use all five prompts in a tanka sequence. What's more, I made sure to put each prompt in the line that corresponded to its order in the sequence. Fruit was the first prompt used, so it appears in the first line of the first stanza. Pumpkin is in the second line of the second stanza, shoes is in the third line of the third stanza, and so on. Happy Halloween!
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Comments5
A great form and a super write.
Thank you for reading and for your feedback! Much appreciated! I am glad it resonated! 🖤❤️🖤🙏
Good write T.
Thank you, my friend! 🖤❤️🖤🙏
Very well written with great imagery and so seasonal as well. A spooky story told. This was a pleasure to read
Thank you for reading, engaging and faving, my friend! Much appreciated! I am glad the poem delivered! 🖤❤️🖤🙏
Excellent wordsmithing my friend and just ripe for Halloween .. 🎃🦇🦇👻🎃🦇🦇
Thank you!!! Much appreciated!!! Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 🎃
Awesome write Tristan
Thank you so much Tony!!!
You're welcome
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