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The Hunter

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The apparitional form with shadows cloaked
About as a thief voraciously stalking prey,
A wolf that roams the forest’s furrows sulking,
Disturbing the pleasant dreams of sleeping fae;
A madness gleams from light between the brush
In wild eyes, reflects this demon’s hull,
A shade, it stalks the victim beneath the hush
That fell upon the tenebrous earth, a minstrel
Proclaiming the deeds of dead and fallen souls
With quiet brooding, breathing life to fear,
The cursed fog to spread through streets, enclosing
The innocent without defense, to sear;
       A hunter closes in, it strikes in rage;
       Tonight there dies, a sacrifice, the image.
First sonnet.
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tiamat9's avatar
Nice work. It is quite stylish, imaginative, and descriptive. Fine sense of atmosphere in the piece as well.