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"Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here”
From Dante’s Divine Comedy

Swedish Castle Gates
By La Belle Rouge


Dark this night of sinister intentions
who roam the snow capped mountains
like lost wraiths frozen in glacial time.
Clouds dart across veiled face of moon
frenetic helter skelter spirits of dead
Viking warriors sailing torment’s sea.
No golden moon glow to soften fear
only cold pewter beams fall to embrace
a bleak landscape of black and blue.
Haunting songs of wolves echo across
bare peaks, cavernous forested hollows.
What waits for thee within the gates?


Beyond the ornate gates where is forged
Dante’s admonition of the portals of Hell,
“Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here.”
But enter you will , like the cat who came
to visit but for a night and stayed forever.
Foolish curiosity obliterated her nine lives.
Enter these gates if you dare but beware
housed within these walls, marvels of evil
wonderments of the macabre and malevolent
crouch in shadowed corners ready to spring
with fangs and claws on warm naive flesh
and sate ravenous bloodlust of ancients.


Lecherous Laird and Lady welcome you in
to celebrate Halloween once again
We'll offer hospitality until it hurts

Welcome guests,
Appetizers, Entrees.... Desserts.



10/28/2009 La Belle Rouge

"Poetry, Dark Whispers"


Music "Dungeon"