Excellent An eldritch horror in quatrains Silence Sleeps by Mark Jackson Three by Four Poem contest entry

Darkness creeps Silence sleeps Eerie sound Dead god drowned   Ghostly glow Seen below Obscure stars Aide-mémoires   Mournful song Night feels wrong Evil kin Grows within   Anguished air Of despair Souls entwine By design   Cold alone Doubt has grown Linger near Wreathed in fear     Madness moulds Dread unfolds Bars of steel Have appeal   Recognized Author Notes This poem is written in several quatrains and has a coupled rhyme scheme. Each line has only three syllables. This is written in the Eldritch Horror style a sub-genre of horror fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible as created by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Aide-memoires-something that helps you to remember something.

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