lovecraftian tanka

the surface ripples tentacles search for fresh prey hungrily seeking the promise of a slow death beneath the inky black waves — sitting on the dock unaware of the danger dark ones awaken of ancient rage incarnate from beyond the stars themselves — nyarlathotep cthulhu and azathoth lords of destruction crawling out of the abyss […]

cinquains

sorrow bitter pain a soft lament tears falling sorrow — dreams fitful abstract running laughing falling a brief respite from doldrums fantasy — head stones carved reminders granite sculptures of death a life rendered into etchings of loss