Saint George’s Night

Poetry
Written By Dee Allen

Past the very stroke of midnight 

It commences—their moment of mirth

Transylvanian legend named Saint George's Night

When undead things crawl on this earth.

Blood-seeking vampires, zombies & ghouls—

Do not deign to enter their path.

Their teeth will sink into wandering animals, human fools

Fallen, suckled, devoured from their wrath.

Beware also the blaze of the weird blue fire

Scorching nothing—ancient evil holds sway

Timberwolves howl in the nocturnal mire

Until ascension of bright sun the next day.

Inspired by a small section in Dracula by Bram Stoker.

Dee Allen

Dee Allen (he/him) is an African-Italian performance poet based in Oakland, California. Active on creative writing & Spoken Word since the early 1990s. Author of 8 books--Boneyard, Unwritten Law, Stormwater, Skeletal Black [ all from POOR Press ], Elohi Unitsi [ Conviction 2 Change Publishing ], Rusty Gallows: Passages Against Hate [ Vagabond Books ], Plans [ Nomadic Press ] and coming in February 2024, Crimson Stain--and 72 anthology appearances under his figurative belt so far.

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