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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.!

Copyright © S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri | Year Posted 2018

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Kelly Deschler Date: 9/10/2023 4:14:00 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 :) Login to Reply

Lindsay Laurie Date: 4/22/2020 8:48:00 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 Login to Reply

Line Gauthier Date: 11/19/2019 8:05:00 AM I would walk as quickly as i could. LOL Login to Reply

Kelly Deschler Date: 3/30/2019 7:46:00 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! Login to Reply

M. L. Kiser Date: 3/8/2019 1:35:00 PM I probably would venture into it just for curiosity. Well done, your house has just about everything. Login to Reply

Sunita U.D Palawon Date: 2/11/2019 4:33:00 AM Ha ha ha a perfect place for Halloween...or adventure. Enjoyed that. :) Login to Reply

Susan Mills Date: 1/22/2019 2:43:00 PM Hi! Halloween is my favorite holiday! Your poem really captures the essence of a haunted house. I've been to one in Cali. Login to Reply

Vladislav Raven Date: 12/31/2018 9:04:00 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 Login to Reply

M. L. Kiser Date: 12/25/2018 7:10:00 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. Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 12/22/2018 5:02:00 PM LOL! i love the way your mind flows with all the creepiness and then I think you skitter away! Fun one, Zaynab! Login to Reply

Muhammad Imtiaz Date: 12/12/2018 6:31:00 AM a good picture of the scary house. scary Halloween Login to Reply

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 10/16/2018 2:38:00 PM Bonafide scarified! Awesome write! I'd go in during the, but not at night ;) xomo Login to Reply

CayCay Jennings Date: 10/16/2018 3:04:00 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 Login to Reply

Kai Michael Neumann Date: 10/16/2018 1:31:00 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 Login to Reply

Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/15/2018 3:14:00 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! Login to Reply

M. L. Kiser Date: 10/15/2018 2:29:00 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. Login to Reply

Mike Gentile Date: 10/15/2018 2:03:00 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!! Login to Reply

Heidi Sands Date: 10/15/2018 12:59:00 PM You have written a fun scary write! Well done :) Login to Reply

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 10/15/2018 12:53:00 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. Login to Reply

Chris Green Date: 10/15/2018 12:33:00 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. Login to Reply