The Orange Monster

Big orange monster hiding in the dark

Never to be seen

Never to be heard

Hiding in the dark

So it can't be

Disturbed

His long

Orange

Hair

Blowing in the wind

It's sharp

Yellow

Teeth

It's long

White

Horns

It's big

Full

Stomach

Full of

People

Full of

Death

But so sad

That big monster

With a little

Heart.

Author's Note

One of my personal favorites.
Hope you liked it!

Reviews

[Willard Wells]

Fun piece and I like it. Thanks.

[Emily]

Thank you!

[Tinotenda Nyevedzanai]

This is my favorite of your poems Emily it's lovely

[Emily]

Thanks so much!!

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

Wow I love the first few lines of this piece. Very well done. :-)

[Emily]

Thank you!!

[♔ CrownedDevil ☾]

Your very welcome. :)

[C. Rose]

I did not expect this to be dark! Yet I still feel bad for the monster ... how is the wind blowing through his hair if he's hiding..

[Emily]

Well when he is out, it blows though his hair. He leaves the cave to eat people.
Thanks!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

many humans are like this...monsters with little hearts---but big appetites for taking advantage of others.
nicely expressed in allegorical terms.

[Emily]

Thanks Jacob!

[GreenEyedPoet]

I thought this was pretty cute. Mind if I ask what inspired it?

[Emily]

I wanted to write a kid friendly poem, but as you can see it kind of turned fast.
Thanks!

[GreenEyedPoet]

Haha it sure did! But that's ok, it turned into something great. :)

[Emily]

Sometimes those things happen, I have a poem called Writers Block Cave, it was going to be about Inspiration, but that changed too!

[GreenEyedPoet]

I have that happen sometimes, I kind of plan for something to be written about one thing and it turns into something else. Sometimes those kinds of poems work out well.

[MomzillaNC]

An interesting twist in perspective.

[Emily]

Glad you liked it!

[Astrid]

I thought it was really cute until the second half...then it "got real" or "escalated quickly".
Very nice, well written :)

[Emily]

Thanks Astrid!

[Lizardo]

I really love this, it's really really creative!
I haven't seen one of this in a long time.
Nice piece of work!

[Emily]

Thanks Lizardo!

[Lizardo]

You're welcome!