S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri Poet Rhyme

A Haunted House

imagine any haunted house to have: 
Creaking stairways
Whispering blinds
Creepy doorways
Blood-curdling sounds

Spooky cob-webs
Ominous darkness
Ghastly shadows
Dreadful loneliness

Spine tingling shrieks
Owls hooting
Things that make 
Your skin crawl
Foreboding terror

An eerie silence
yet squeaky rats
A threatening suspense
with fluttering bats.

Thus a place crawling with, 
oversized gnats
scurrying brats
and all kinds of scary things lurking about
except for scaredy-cats .

Like me of the fraidy cats

Tell me would you dare to venture

Into such a house 

For a halloweenish midnight adventure ?


(Ok happened to pass an allegedly haunted abandoned house that most people don't want to venture in and I enjoyed scarifying myself thinking about it in the poetic way above for fun)

YIKES, I'M ALREADY SCARED.!

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Kelly Deschler September 10, 2023 at 4:14 PM It was great fun to read this haunting poem once again, especially at this time of the year with Halloween rapidly approaching... Very good work, my friend :)

Lindsay Laurie April 22, 2020 at 8:48 PM Hello zaynab … but wouldn't you like to investigate on a windy moonlit night. Might be interesting to watch a real life ghostly movie - thanks zaynab - Lindsay

Line Gauthier November 19, 2019 at 8:05 AM I would walk as quickly as i could. LOL

Kelly Deschler March 30, 2019 at 7:46 PM I might venture inside such a house, but not if I were alone ... I really enjoyed your haunting poem and the spooky atmosphere it creates in my mind... Great work my friend!

M. L. Kiser March 8, 2019 at 1:35 PM I probably would venture into it just for curiosity. Well done, your house has just about everything.

Sunita U.D Palawon February 11, 2019 at 4:33 AM Ha ha ha a perfect place for Halloween...or adventure. Enjoyed that. :)

Susan Mills January 22, 2019 at 2:43 PM Hi! Halloween is my favorite holiday! Your poem really captures the essence of a haunted house. I've been to one in Cali.

Vladislav Raven December 31, 2018 at 9:04 AM Hi Zaynab, there are so many haunted houses in this world of ours. Some do look the part, setting our minds to contemplate some dark images. I would always go into a hauted house. Your write has such wonderful imagery. Indeed, your words paint the heart of a haunted house onto your canvas. Such a wonderful write my friend. Have a very Happy New Year. Hugs....Mike. XX

M. L. Kiser December 25, 2018 at 7:10 PM I do love haunted houses; they've so many stories to tell if you can handle your hairs standing on end. An enjoyable poem.

Kim Rodrigues December 22, 2018 at 5:02 PM LOL! i love the way your mind flows with all the creepiness and then I think you skitter away! Fun one, Zaynab!

Muhammad Imtiaz December 12, 2018 at 6:31 AM a good picture of the scary house. scary Halloween

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart October 16, 2018 at 2:38 PM Bonafide scarified! Awesome write! I'd go in during the, but not at night ;) xomo

CayCay Godwin October 16, 2018 at 3:04 AM I loved your Halloween 'frolic' - a total delight to read and - no, I would not go in. I'm an official wimp and not ashamed of it! Poetry hugs ... CayCay

Kai Michael Neumann October 16, 2018 at 1:31 AM Nice Halloween Ode. A pagan festival. This is not what God did on the 7th day for sure. Thank you for reading my poem on that 7th day adventure. I am sure that we have different belief system and that is the blessing of pluralism. Kindest wishes to you, Kai

Caren Krutsinger October 15, 2018 at 3:14 PM Oversized gnats, scrurrying bats, and scaredy-cats. This makes for a sweet poem which with a little adjusting, S. you could set to music!

M. L. Kiser October 15, 2018 at 2:29 PM I too, like a good scare; yes a good haunted house would have all of those things, I think although, I've never been fond of cobwebs. I truly enjoyed this read; thanks for haunting our Soup.

Mike Gentile October 15, 2018 at 2:03 PM Indeed you have so aptly expressed all of the requirements for an exemplary haunted house S.zaynab. I am not planning to visit !!! Happy Monday!!

Heidi Sands October 15, 2018 at 12:59 PM You have written a fun scary write! Well done :)

Darlene De Beaulieu October 15, 2018 at 12:53 PM Hello S.zaynal, ther would be a huge line up to get into this haunted house. This poem is scary. i do like this poem. Have a nice day my friend.

Chris Green October 15, 2018 at 12:33 PM There was a house in my neighborhood when I was young that was rumored to be haunted. It was abandoned and looked like what you might imagine a haunted house to be...none of us were brave enough to enter. : ) Nicely done.