All Hallows Eve

The Vampire
by Madison Julius Cawein


A lily in a twilight place?
A moonflow'r in the lonely night?—
Strange beauty of a woman's face
Of wildflow'r-white!

The rain that hangs a star's green ray
Slim on a leaf-point's restlessness,
Is not so glimmering green and gray
As was her dress.

I drew her dark hair from her eyes,
And in their deeps beheld a while
Such shadowy moonlight as the skies
Of Hell may smile.

She held her mouth up redly wan,
And burning cold,—I bent and kissed
Such rosy snow as some wild dawn
Makes of a mist.

God shall not take from me that hour,
When round my neck her white arms clung!
When 'neath my lips, like some fierce flower,
Her white throat swung!

Or words she murmured while she leaned!
Witch-words, she holds me softly by,—
The spell that binds me to a fiend
Until I die

Many thanks for all your views,comments and favs,always much appreciated.

[Joy's Focus]

Great Halloween scene and poem!

[Claire]

Nice capture..:)

[Julie Duncan]

Great photo and poem! :)

[Carole Imes]

Clever shot and processed......oh so spoooooky with the poem ;-)

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Nicely done.

[tony gig]

Very clever Carol, great processing.

[virtualbrownie]

Clever compilation and processing

[Elin G. Reppe]

Wow! This is a great halloween shot!

[Jane Pittenger]

Got to fav this stunner

[Mr. Spock]

Great image!

[Yvonne]

Fabulous Halloween shot. Wonderful with the poem.

[Yorkie]

A fav wow what a great shot.

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Wonderful Halloween shot Carol.

[Vicki Dixon]

cute edit for Halloween!!!

[Taffy]

Great editing to create this!

[Jennifer]

Ooh excellent halloween shot and poem. Love the edit.

[Amrita]

Such an effective, thematic shot!

[Alice Burghart]

wow, great job on this one.

[jayn]

great shot. clever processing

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Fun and creative edit for Hallowe'en. Love the bats around the moon. Spooky poem too!

[Vesna]

Brrrrrrrr....