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A.P. Murphy's avatar

Metal dugs forced in,

your choked throat howls but is stopped,

acrid tar your death's milk

Honeygloom's avatar

That is a horrible and wonderful description all in one🖤

Terry A. Fries's avatar

Sunshine shimmering.

Rabbit twitches its tail, runs,

And flees the lightning.

Honeygloom's avatar

This is a great little scene! Well done🖤

Richbee's avatar

Rye humor kept growing

Specks on my bread

Ergot, I lost my way and my head.

Honeygloom's avatar

Oh no! I hope you find your head🖤

Richbee's avatar

Ergot purple blotches left me with hallucinations. But then I recovered.

Richbee's avatar

The rug moved like a snake. Ceiling breathed with the walls in and out. I guess it was an 9+ on a scale of 1 to 10.

Honeygloom's avatar

Sounds pretty exciting 😅

Honeygloom's avatar

Good or bad hallucinations?

beth x's avatar

dark shadow stalking

fear crackles as lightning strikes

she's coming for you

Honeygloom's avatar

This is intense! I love the suspenseful scene you’ve created🖤

Maryann's avatar

She walks among grains

Whips up lightning, rotting fields

Must murder the young

Honeygloom's avatar

Awesome! You really captured her well🖤

Songsterfunsterhamster's avatar

Suck, children, suckle

On milk that drags you beneath

The blight that rises

Honeygloom's avatar

Oh this is really cool!! I love the as above, so below vibe, and the ergot🖤

Dylan Delgado's avatar

In cornflowers' fields

near harvest time - ready to

swap your kin with evil

Honeygloom's avatar

Ooo nice! Very menacing🖤

Theresa Greene's avatar

You haven't fed me

You never take care of me

Corned beef on rye,Mother

Honeygloom's avatar

I used to love those when I ate meat🖤 I love this comedic take!

Hybrid Sequence Media's avatar

Spasms, confusion

comes in waves just from her touch

poisoned and wary

Honeygloom's avatar

Ooo nice! I really love this description🖤

David Perlmutter's avatar

Yet another threatening woman-spirit.

Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! There are plenty awful male field spirits. I think tomorrow’s prompt is one… I can’t remember if I did them back to back or not. Anyway, I’ll give you a sneak peek: check out the Wikipedia page on feldgeister, we’ve got men, women, animals, fun mashups. The fields are wild😜

David Perlmutter's avatar

Anyone or anything can be a revenant.

K.M. Bennett's avatar

Be a good little

woman, or we'll tell a tall

tale about you, witch.

Couldn't help but do a second take!

Honeygloom's avatar

I’m so glad you did! I love this🖤

K.M. Bennett's avatar

If there is noone

to see the Rye Mother's walk,

does the rot still grow?

Honeygloom's avatar

Oh nice! Very metaphysical and points to her kind of boogeyman status🖤

K.M. Bennett's avatar

Also, I had to google what dugs were. Never encountered that word before. Ha!

Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! It’s not a pretty word, but it works in the right situation😂

Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Corn ears sway, as a,

Lost child shouts, "Mother", and a,

Ghastly one appears... 😎

Honeygloom's avatar

Ooo… that’s a chilling scene! Well done🖤

Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Thanks! This is a very intriguing and unusual bit of folklore... 😎