little witch babies and tormenting black skies
gusting wind
long dark dresses swinging like death bells
a frail newborn with antlers growing
crying out as it tries to lift its weak neck
ocean-deep in salted sweat
those early months
panicking…
a pink infant
without bony deciduous growth
or skull-sunken cheeks
seventeen Halloween moons gone by since,
those first seconds
one more fall harvest
until her
perfect little face departs
dreaming…
scary baby mask, mixed media rendered a few weeks back…
the first time I was pregnant: during the first trimester, I had many bizarre dreams–some were nightmarish, others surreal like Dali paintings…my oldest is now 17 and college planning is on, lots of positive dreaming 🙂
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MY GOD AnnMarie That Drawing is SO COOL!! That drawing should be hanging out in a museum somewhere. I love it! I love all things horror. I love everything you did with the drawing with the colors! You are a very talented woman. Keep up the good work!
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Thank you 🙂
nothing scarier than scary babies 😉
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Yea that was Awesome AnnMarie. Yea reminds me of ‘The Omen’ that was a scary movie.
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Hey AnnMarie doing awesome today wrote 6 stories already and its only 10am my record for stories in a day is 7 i think i am going to shatter that woo hoo
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i tied the record with 7 stories woo hoo. posed to shatter it woo hoo moving fast to 700
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terrific but adequately so…nice work
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appreciated 🙂
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AM, I can understand your nightmare/dreams, can understand the driving force behind them — worries, excitement, the unknown. Understand it completely. And your artwork — is amazing. I blew up, checked out the details. Interesting, the eye (well, my eye) follows that amazing hair lock, and the forehead and those dark, empty eyes. Really, quite amazing — and eerie (sp?). Again, ironically, this visage reminds me very much of the one in my post today. So very nice.
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At the time, these dreams were so very convincing – the imagery forever burned in my brain –
thank you for your positives – always 🙂
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Dreams can do that. I’m happy to positive, 🙂
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dreams can do many things 🙂
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That they (dreams) can, Miss. 😉
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I vote for non-scary babies! Isn’t it weird what pregnancy hormones do to our poor mommy brains? I know where your heart is right now, as I look forward to Olivia heading to Kindergarten next week and wonder where that tiny baby girl disappeared to. Happy dreaming! – Fawn
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With my first child, in those early months it was constant Chiller Theater in my dream head. No bad dreaming with the second one, though.
Non-scary kiddies are best – agreed –
though, teens can be scary in the own right 😉
Olivia is going to be brilliant – I’ve no doubt of that 🙂
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A creepy baby gives even the toughest hearts a chill. AWESOME
Very effective: starting us up with the superbly horrific image, then opening with a very witchy and dark ambiance, and finally bringing us back to the present with sweet heart warming reality. Bravisimo!! Hi five AnnMarie!!
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Funny you noticed the baby first.
I actually switched it from end of post to beginning for that reason – artistically observant lady 🙂
Thank you, Leslie.
am:)
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I don’t mind you taking me for a ride, in fact I happened to love that about this post.!
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Kids gone….house back to its normal self….naps taken….back to my morning coffee routine…and I must say, catching up by beginning with this made me take a second gulp of coffee immediately! Wow! This is one creepy baby….could be in a poster for a horror movie — and I mean that in a complimentary way! It is really really spooky!!! Ugh…those must have been some nightmares! 😦 So glad you didn’t have a halloween baby 🙂
Oh my, dreaming indeed. Those days of planning for college are fun ones….especially when you get them talking. Will this be your first one out the door? I remember that I used to think it was such a trite saying….we have them for such a short time…..but oh my, it really is true. Think of it as your son “changing studios” 🙂
Okay….continuing to look backward here so I can catch up. Also was busy writing again this morning, as all the poems in the “scheduled” category are now depleted.
Wonderful weekend to you, my friend!
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This image scared me a bit and I drew the darn thing 😉 Yes, the times go very quickly-too quickly. My daughter will be my first – my son will follow in 2 years. They are making it easy so far – they both do well in school and stay out of trouble 🙂 Glad yo had a lovely family visit – those go by too quickly also…
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