Affliction

Fränz Müller

The purple shroud of country dark

attends the flock of bleating sheep,

the aspen kissed with nether-mist,

the mould'ring souls of bloodless sleep!

The farmers, gathered, eye the field

its downy lot stained slaughter red

the pyres lit, the victims burned

deny the fiends their feasting-dead!

Return to th' copse that hither-night

to catch the ghouls in grisly rage

their crumbling teeth gnaw blackened bones

the stakes they raise, the war they wage!

And, one by one the zombies fall

burned, dismembered, buried deep

so ne'er again, the town will fear

that shambling hoarde from graveyard deep!

 

  • Author: Fränz Müller (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 12th, 2025 09:39
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  • sorenbarrett

    A poem of spooky and dark images well written

  • Fína Elara 🌙 Petra Patrice

    Literary devices: Imagery “purple shroud of country dark,” “crumbling teeth,” “blackened bones.”
    Alliteration “bleating sheep,” “fiends their feasting-dead,” “shambling horde.”
    Symbolism - zombies -recurring fears or past traumas; fire & burial - final purification and closure.
    Tone -Dark, eerie, then triumphant as the villagers overcome the horror. Well written.

  • NinjaGirl

    This is really well-written, I like the haunting message



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