preposterous.... you must now stand in "the hall of comparative ovations" to look deep into the 'hoof' and Cue-tip the grooves with rubbing alchohol.e

The title suggested to me an poem of erotic beauty betwixt a lowly yorkshire stable lad and the country squire, you disappoint me, not at every turn, but certainly at this one.

That's preposterous, Doylum! A lowly peasant-childe daren't look a squire in the eyes let alone partake of their naughtiness! I'd wager a farthing that you are a peasant yourself! Only the vilest of serfs would harbour such unwholesome fantasies.

i have always thougt people from canada a bit weard
you have just sed it

Please comment about poems not people. (As a side note, if you are going to comment about others and make fun of their spelling please get a simple word like Canada right.)

Razorgrin I like the poem and I am familiar with the works of H.P. Lovecraft and Brian Lumley. The adventures of Titus Crow and the Cthulhu Mythos are great reads. Nice work.

To mention Lumley and lovecraft in the same sentence let alone paragraph should be punishable by death. If I wasn't laughing so fucking hard right now I would take the time to explain why, but I'm not, but I do have your one finger answer right here. See it! Brian Lumley ohhhhh. Hah. Hah. Oh dear me! You are flattering! Hahhhh.

Yessir, 'Thulu Haikus. This piece inspires a sequal:

Crap. He is awake.
Tentacles caress my thighs.
Who ya gonna call?

Ghostbusters, obviously. If the Ghostbusters had been in those books they'd have been a lot shorter.

Bachus is right. I got the 'omnibus' of the first three books of the Titus Crow series at a discount bookshop and it was the worst mangling of Lovecraft I have ever seen. Actually I have read the first four books of the Necroscope series. I don't even know why. They're so fucking crap it's not funny. I actually paid for them and everything. At least I don't read Dean Koontz. Who was it that was saying they read Dean Koontz in an airplane? He is the worst popular 'horror' fiction writer ever to exist (even worse than Anne Rice, which I suppose I should give him credit for). -=Dark_Angel=-'s horror recommendation of the week is Santa Steps Out by Robert Devereaux. It's not actually horror, although it's marketed as horror. However, it is one of the best books in that style ever (except for the last few chapters, which are too cosy).

I think I need to read some Lovecraft/MR James/Poe etc because there's a lot of stuff on here that I don't get. I bemoan my ignorance.

Everyone needs Lovecraft.Poe too. Lovecraft can be an acquired taste."The Dunwich Horror", "Shadows over Innsmouth" "Dreams in the Witch-House" and "Dagon" are good storiesto start with."Call of Cthulhu" is a decent one too.

I shall tootle down to my library forthwith in search of creepiness. I like N Hawthorne though - what do you reckon of him?

Good stuff.

oh but yes people docare about my spleen my good man zero zero zero