Black Petals Issue #102, Winter, 2023

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The Cutting Room: Flash Fiction by Karen Schauber
Dirty Blue Bandana: Flash Fiction by Cindy Rosmus
Bidee Bodee, Bidee Beaux: Poem by Thomas Fischer
Blood of Whitechapel: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Rotten to the Core: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Seque into Shadows: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Sensitivity to Light: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Boo Hag: Poem by Richard Stevenson
Paranormal Parasites: Poem by Richard Stevenson
Huggin Molly: Poem by Richard Stevenson
In the Morgue of Memory: Poem by Hillary Lyon
Unexpected Culinary Opportunity: Poem by Daniel G. Snethen
OI (Oo-ee): Poem by Daniel G. Snethen
Plant Eater Gone Carnivorous: Poem by Daniel G. Snethen
They Shouldn't Be There: Poem by Daniel G. Snethen
The Needle Spins: Poem by Rp Verlaine
Cold: Poem by Rp Verlaine
The Sleepwalker: Poem by Rp Verlaine

Kenneth Vincent Walker: Blood of Whitechapel

Blood of Whitechapel

 

Kenneth Vincent Walker

 

Whitechapel District

East end London 1888;

Dark narrow alleyways

Easy to hide or escape.

 

Red-light painted ladies

Of the night, victims or

Prey to a surgical knife.

 

These unfortunates laid

To waste as refuse, but

Not in haste. They were

Horrendously mutilated

 

Meticulously placed in

Disarray by a madman.

The first serial killer.

 

I need not resurrect his

Name for all know his

Fame which remains in

Infamy throughout the

 

Whole of eternity within

A mere blip in history, a

Mystery to this very day.


Kenneth Vincent Walker is a "New Formalist" poet, spoken word artist, performer and author of Borderline Absurd (An Exercise in Rhyme and Reason), published by Poem Sugar Press/ Community Arts Ink 2015. More recently his work has been widely published in online magazines, journals and blogs. Kenneth is originally from Buffalo, NY and completed his higher education in Canada. He now resides in South Central Pennsylvania where he performs his brand of poetry at various venues throughout the region.