Again I walk a Whitechapel street,
Near where the Thames does flow.
Many fresh faces I shall greet,
In its darkness strewn with woe.
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A very wicked and most frightening poem Shaun. I really like the ending. I can only imagine what will happen next...aargh! It's definitely a fear inducing five from me.
Beautiful poem. Any relations with Jack the Ripper. Tech is here. We can do a DNA on PH
Thomas thanks for your comment and yes one of his letters to Scotland Yard was the infamous " From H e l l" one. And in the movie of the same name, when the late actor Ian Holm has in one scene normal eyes when talking then suddenly he has all black eyes is so chilling and memorable, the stuff of nightmares. For he's transformed in mid conversation into Jack. Thanks again Thomas and well done for today's Member Poem of the Day with your superb poem Preying At The Ten Bells.