Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer Poet Free verse

Give Me Goosebumps

A creak in the night could
Be a floorboard expanding.
A squeak in the darkness...
From a mouse scrambling outside,
A bump in the shadows
Is the cat jumping off a chair?

An iron-gate rattling -
Shaken by the wind.
The neighbours’ dog  barking,
Disturbed by a passerby.
That rustle was surely,
Surely not in my bedroom.

If I pull the covers over my head 
And hide I’ll be safe until morning.

I hope…


Date: 12/16/2018

Contest Name: Give Me Goosebumps

Sponsor: Nina Parmenter

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Caren Krutsinger December 28, 2018 at 9:09 AM Cecilia, we have all "been there". From the very first few lines, the suspense was building. The ending line had me smiling big, as under the covers I also go, hoping for the best each time.

Andrea Dietrich December 21, 2018 at 6:25 PM great way of expressing this fear that we all have at one time or another.. when alone at night!! Congrats.

Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer December 21, 2018 at 2:06 PM Thank you so much everybody!

Line Gauthier December 21, 2018 at 10:05 AM Congrats on your win, Cecelia. Well done.

Kim Rodrigues December 21, 2018 at 9:50 AM Let me tell you....a cat jumping off a chair in the middle of the night does indeed scare! I will have to write about one time... Congrats! I loved this, Cecilia!

Nette Onclaud December 16, 2018 at 1:06 PM eerily beautiful, ces... now how do i sleep?... greeat job!..huggs