Happy Pre-Halloween #4 (poem) by Edwin Larson on AuthorsDen

Happy Pre-Halloween #4
by Edwin Larson → (All Poetry by Edwin Larson)
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I could not include a photo of this unwilling subject...not that it would have mattered, for each time it has revealed itself its taken a different form....Tis the season :)
A warning to all bards and poets And artists of all kinds The muse that gives you vision May be a demon in disguise An idle thought its open door No invite does it need To manifest inside your soul And spread its evil seed This demon does have many eyes It watches and it waits It may seem quite harmless Until you become its prey It works itself into your mind Then you begin the change And plunge into the darkness So beautiful and strange But the beauty, it is fleeting As your flesh is torn and burned Your soul provides the nourishment As the Dark Son reaches birth Heed these words, be wary Of the muses in your lives For the wisest have been fooled By this demon in disguise Copyright �2004 Edwin Dante Larson

Reviewed by Dawn Richerson

Reviewed on October 22, 2004

Ed, good write and true, those demons in disguise can look like the muse at times.

Reviewed by Lori Moore

The best thing about my muse is the demonic side. Beware of what we ask for...

Reviewed by Sue Hess

my muse is a pussy cat

Reviewed by E T Waldron

Another great chiller Ed!Shivers me to think of muses that way;-)

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Wish my muse would work at all today, let alone it being evil, that I already knew...Ed

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)

Methinks your muse pulled an April Fools joke on ya. Uh, huh. What the muse does (and I know the muse, and the muse us us) is steady our hand, clear our thoughts (outside the box, Ted) and enable us to throw words together that make perfectly good sense to us, nay, maybe even be genesis. Evil? Sometimes. Artful? Hardly ever. Beautiful? Who's to say? I feel that we rely far to much on the "muse." It gives us the chance to say to an uncaring public, "I cannot write today, my muse has left the building."

Reviewed by Charles Dickens (Reader)

This is very apt, Edwin, Nice one!

Reviewed by Paul Berube

Edwin,
Another excellent write. Your rhyme and flow were outstanding. The subject matter goes well with the season but can apply to anytime. Much of poetry is written from inspiration supplied by the demons in our lives. Very well done.

Reviewed by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen

Excellent write
God Bless
Michelle~