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    The Frightful Verses: A Collection of Fearful Poems
    The Frightful Verses: A Collection of Fearful Poems
    The Frightful Verses: A Collection of Fearful Poems
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    The Frightful Verses: A Collection of Fearful Poems

    By Francisco A. Ojeda

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    A collection of one hundred poems meant to entice the curious and frighten them in many different ways. From the classical and gothic to modern and contemporary, these poems address different subjects seen from the poets unique perspective. Aspects of horror, terror, science, religion, politics, philosophy, and even humor fill these pages.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJun 15, 2017
    ISBN9781543430462
    The Frightful Verses: A Collection of Fearful Poems
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    Francisco A. Ojeda

    Francisco Ojeda arrived in Miami, Florida, from Havana, Cuba, in 1968, and lived in South Florida until graduating from Miami Senior High School in 1985. He is a 27 year veteran with combined services of the United States Army and the Florida Army National Guard, retiring in 2011. He served as a Battalion Operations Sergeant during Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2006 to 2007 and as a contractor during Operation Enduring Freedom, while stationed in Afghanistan, from 2012 to 2013. He taught Military Sciences at Broward College in Davie Florida. He has a Political Science degree from Miami Dade College, former Miami Dade Community College, and a Business Management degree from the University of Phoenix. In addition, he earned a Certificate of Project Management in 2012, for which he is currently working in that field. He still lives in South Florida. This is his first published book of poetry.

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      Book preview

      The Frightful Verses - Francisco A. Ojeda

      Copyright © 2017 by Francisco A. Ojeda.

      ISBN:             Softcover                   978-1-5434-3047-9

                          eBook                       978-1-5434-3046-2

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      Rev. date: 06/15/2017

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      CONTENTS

      Siren

      The Love that Haunts Me

      Once You Hear Those Notes

      Box of Stones

      Persephone

      Protozoa

      A Burning Angel Crossing the Sky

      Hoof

      Sweetbreads and Oysters

      An Eventual Tail

      A Vengeful God

      Chased

      Cold Feet

      The Eye of the Sea

      The Lit Room

      Beneath Us

      Hidden Eyes

      On Each Floor

      Web

      The Cleansing Seas

      Under the Skin

      Snatched

      Drink on Me

      Stories Around the Fire

      Pound of Flesh

      Lava

      The Pack

      Graphic Novel

      Shutter

      The Hanging Gardens

      The Senate Committee

      New Business Model

      Melted

      Colossus

      Ocean of Fire

      Gollum

      The Night Flight

      Horn

      The Lightning Beasts

      The Meeting Place

      The Tea Leaves

      Dark Net

      The Birthday Party

      Unlocked

      The Last Temple

      No More Skin

      No Ghosts Apparent

      Cats

      Coldest Time of the Day

      Time Expired

      The Body Test

      Blackout

      In the Darkness

      The Basin of Oil

      Yorick

      Breaking News

      Many Jars of Him

      Blinked

      The Emergency Room

      The Malediction

      The Long Dark Road

      The Night Fever

      The Depths of My Longing

      The Timely Sacrifice

      In the Long Grass

      The Folding Room

      Loose Tooth

      The Camp Fire

      Arrow’s Flight

      The Meek

      The Pyramid’s Door

      The Plutonian Clock

      Tachyons

      The Flesh Trap

      Room of Cradles

      Risen from the Ashes

      The Promethean Drawings

      Shapeless

      The Revealing Film

      Remaining on the Battlefield

      Drawings of Woe

      Battle of Decay

      The Taladis Spring

      Offering Breakfast

      The Ghillie Suit

      Above the Surface

      The Baker and Her Pies

      A Long Time Old

      The Savory Gardener

      Nila, The Jealous

      The Mantis

      The Wine Party

      The Epitaph

      The Crowning

      The First Moment Naked

      As the Light Goes Out

      The Butterfly Garden

      The Burden

      The Window Dressing

      Skin Tight

      The Callus

      SIREN

      Lying on a stretcher

      Cautiously pretending

      Mightily clever

      Creature unending

      Blood soaked linen

      Interns attending

      Suddenly risen

      Wings ascending

      Screams rendered

      Ambulance’s full stop

      Her howl surrendered

      To the siren on top

      THE LOVE THAT

      HAUNTS ME

      On those rainy gray days

      From under the cover, I stay

      To keep me warm

      And protect me from harm

      She floats around the room

      By the ceiling, she looms

      So she can show me

      With me, she will always be

      She comes to see my pain

      For that is her

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