HORROR FLICKS (Poem)
Hey y’all!
For Day 19 of National Poetry Writing Month, the prompt is to cast your mind back to your own childhood and write a poem about something that scared you – or was used to scare you – and which still haunts you (if only a little bit) today.
Here’s my poem:
HORROR FLICKS
By Farah Lawal Harris, © 2023
I grew up at a time when
horror flicks
were watched by kids.
80s movies featured
gore and tits.
My fave
was A Nightmare
on Elm Street.
There’s something about Freddy!
The fact that he
could change face and body
scared the shit out of me.
But soon
it became funny.
I live at a time when
horror flicks
are enacted on kids.
