Wednesday's Verse - The Creepers in the Tunnels Knew
This week’s verse moves from a poem inspired by the global unity that grew out of the Je Suis Charlie terror attack of 2015, to a fantasy poem about an encounter with underground monsters. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry, a
collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016.
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The Creepers in the Tunnels Knew
The creepers in the tunnels
knew
from whence would come the
travellers’ doom.
They grew along the walls and
watched,
as the intruders set a fire
and cooked
what would be their final meal
in the dark, where night
concealed
creatures of more subtlety
than the creeper growing free
along the arching walls that
they
had so carefully avoided,
when they set up camp.
The creepers in the tunnels
knew
the subtlety’s wherein they
grew,
and watched with plant’s
delight
as, from behind each
stalactite,
the weavers on their threads
descended
on silent sleepers not well
defended,
each taking one of the
travellers sleeping
and sinking stingers deep, and
keeping
hold with pedipalps and claws
their struggling prey pressed
to the floor.
The creepers in the tunnels
knew,
and when the weavers, well
fed, withdrew,
they their tendrils sent to
seek anew
the travellers’ remains.
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You can find the first two poetry
collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with
more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be
released later in the year.
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