Even Prompter

Unrest

Unrest

That night, as the monochrome fields
lay spreadeagled in the moonlight,
the shadows of the trees etched black
in sharp relief against the silvered scene,
and the stars bright in the frosted sky,

an owl hooted, mournful, in the distance
and a fox, a low shape dark and loping,
merged with the gloom beneath the barn,
the farm slept uneasy in its sheets,
dreaming of the hooded schemes of thieves.

On the far horizon a storm gathered,
a cursèd blot upon the rural peace.


Line count: 12
Free verse
For Promptly Poetry, Week 9 2021
Prompt: Write a poem that includes two of the following words: star, night, berry, fairy, queen, enchanted, cursed, moonlight, thieves Required line count: Minimum 12, no max.