cannibal vampires
hoist up jug from cold cellar
blood of the fathers
hoist up jug from cold cellar
blood of the fathers
my family sucks
stepdad drinks and stays out late
but mom loves vampires
stepdad drinks and stays out late
but mom loves vampires
Sue’s house is ice cold
this Father’s Day in June
Dad’s ghost visiting
this Father’s Day in June
Dad’s ghost visiting
dad’s preferred night out
for karaoke with mom
a bright full Moon
for karaoke with mom
a bright full Moon
see Dad every June
his smile crests the ripples
of my backyard pond.
his smile crests the ripples
of my backyard pond.
Gary Davis enjoys exercising his imagination through crafting dark and darkly humorous haiku and other forms of poetry. In a given poem, he likes to combine narrative, emotion, and image in an unsettling tapestry with hopefully a twist at the end. Mr. Davis has published poetry in Tales from the Moonlit Path, Scifaikuest, Star*Line, Tales of the Talisman, Bloodbond, Illumen, Spaceports & Spidersilk, It Came from Her Purse, Potter’s Field, The Hungur Chronicles, and a sci-fi anthology, Kepler’s Cowboys (2014-2025).
Published 6/12/25