Red Eyed Dog......

Misty mornings, foggy days

Walking in the shadowed haze

All is quiet, eerie, strange.

Fleeting shadows out of range.

What things linger in the fog?

Do I see the red eyed dog?

Panic slithers up my spine.

I inhale the musty scent of pine.

Silence breaks, a lone crow call

to his murder come one come all.

He shrieks a warning dangers near

His sudden flight brings back my fear.

That primevil dread that we all face

when we,re in a creepy place

I hurry now to clear the trees,

A shadow moves and then I freeze

What was the shade that I just saw

lingering on the misty moor?

Scent of heather stings my nose

misty damp clings to my clothes.

I see those eyes glow in the fog

Rising from the dreaded bog,

I don't know what lingers there

what spirit ruffles through my hair.

but now I see some light ahead

It shimmers brave and lifts my dread

I force my feet towards the light

The mist is bad but I dread the night.

Onwards now, I stumble ahead

trying to outrun this fearful dread

Faster, faster almost there

I reach my gate and stop and stare

Into the swirling clinging fog

Was there really a red eyed dog?

Somewhere out there waiting to bound

out from hell like the Baskerville hound. 

JKS October 2015

I am sharing this poem on Inspire Me Monday

My Souls Release.............

Think of me when the wind blows strong I will be in the birds sweet song. Think of me on a summer day Even though I be far away. The things I love will bring me back to meadows green and woodland track. The pebble beaches call to me the sound of waves is heavenly. I thrill to see the pretty deer with eyes so innocent and clear The scurry of a naughty fox the rabbit hiding in the rocks All of nature calls to me As close to God as I can be. while living in this earthly place So far away from God's sweet grace. For  there I find my joy. my peace My strength, my hope, my souls release.  JKS October 2015

Another try at Haiku.....

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Webs that spiders made

Glisten in a sunny glade

Diamonds strung on silk

JKS 2015

  Golden Autumn tones Reflect a watery sun In a blue blue sky JKS 2015

Robin Redbreast Haiku......

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Robin Redbreast sings her song

Tummy full of eggs

Looking for a place to nest.

I dont pretend to even start to  understand Haiku.

I have read and read and still dont get it.

I also apparently got the format wrong.

I believe it's supposed to be 5 syllables then 7 then 5. 

This is the other way around, 7/5/7

The Lost King.....................

Into the darkness  once more he descends With honour this time, we make amends. On Bosworth field, where he was slain. In a forgotten grave he was lain. Sun in Spendour rose once more. White rose and his white boar symbols of a time long gone. Remember England's long lost son. Now with pageant he is laid to sleep. In peace this time, people weep. Six hundred years and more have passed Since as a villain you were cast. The Tudor won the field that day. He took the crown from where you lay. White Surrey fell, and you were slain Treason ended your short reign. Now we seek with kinder eyes what was truth and what was lies Many hope to clear your name Many think you were not to blame, For the crimes laid at your feet. Innocent blood that made men weep. Now along the crowded street People line once more to greet This our last Plantagenet King Son of York the people sing. Rest now Richard for ever more. In that ancient Cathedral floor. ©Janice Kay Schaub....Mar 26 2015

Winter Storm.................

The North wind is blowing wild  shrieking like a wayward child.  Branches fall and scatter snow.  winds a tossing me where' er I go. Banshees scream in the tree tops primal fear down my spine hops. Thunder cracks the worlds alight Unnatural this, I flee in fright. Buffeted battered by this storm I pray to reach somewhere warm. Snow whirls up into the air Stings my cheeks without a care. I pull my coat up around my face Head down into the storm I race.  Snow drives up and drags me back  So thick now I barely leave a track. Through the pounding snow I see The glimmer of light shining for me I push against the wind once more Reaching out to grab the door Inside now I warm my face Glad to be in a safer place' Outside the storm batters on But I am safe now till its gone.