Photo: (the great) Christopher Lee and Melissa Stribling – Dracula, 1958 from fineartamerica.com
Form: Tanka (5-7-5-7-7)
you look so pale dear
did my ivories graze you
you look very tired
I have completely drained you
come, lie in my narrow bed
Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent Cannon
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Originally posted at @pvcannon.bsky.social for #TankaThursday – Twilight
Photo: found at ar.inspiredpencil.com
Sweet Tooth
The sly hip
your tender caress
ecstasy
elation
two pin pricks oh my so pale
drained as I am gorged.
Copyrights 2025 ©️Paul Vincent Cannon
All Rights Reserved ®️
Originally posted on @pvcannon.bsky.social
Photo: Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries – popsugar.com
“With mouth so sweet, so poisonous …” Conrad Aiken
After Dinner
After dinner
in his rakish suit
and exquisite silken tie
under the canopy of
rich black hair
combed down,
so lean
you think he'll
slowly, tenderly
unbutton your blouse
stroke your thighs
till tremors overrun
and dizzying lights
whirl your eyes,
but did you not notice
the glint in his
or ivory sharp
at lip's edge,
how can I tell you
when you are so
besotted,
he'll drink your blood.
Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent Cannon
All Rights Reserved ®️
Filed under Epigraph, Free Verse, Mythology, poem, Vampire
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