Greetings

Welcome comrads 
ghost and ghouls
tis the bewitching hour 
the time of our rule
let us be shadows 
and eyes in the night
let us give the living 
a hell of a fright
be not kind 
to little boys and girls
step into their dreams 
make them all screem
be not friends 
to sissys and cowards
visit each one 
hour after hour
and when you see someone alone
keep them company 
but be not shown
a glimps of a shadow
a bump in the night
a chill in the wind
a mysterious light
make them believe that noise
is not a mouse
and give them the greif of living 
in a haunted house
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009


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Date: 8/13/2009 8:36:00 PM
Don't like things that go bump in the night or give me a chill. God Bless Phyl
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Date: 7/25/2009 11:31:00 AM
Thanks for the challenge and this is wonderful....soup mail
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Date: 7/22/2009 4:06:00 PM
soup mail John
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Date: 7/20/2009 4:49:00 PM
glad someones in a silly mood!!! good one! Light & Love
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Date: 7/19/2009 5:06:00 PM
whew!!!! I'm gonna take a break! Carrie Richards rescued me!!!!!! LOL
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Date: 7/19/2009 4:19:00 PM
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Date: 7/19/2009 3:02:00 PM
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Date: 7/19/2009 5:31:00 AM
mail, john
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Date: 7/19/2009 3:17:00 AM
John, I enjoyed this spooky poem. I'm laughing. We lived in a hounted house for 15 years!!! The ole radio would come on downstairs when no one was there. Guests from my daughters' slumber parties heard steps behind them on the stairs. Someone grabbed my leg as I went down those stairs, too. And guess who it was. One of those ghost frightened girls and a crowd of laughter. Have a great day! Lovingly, Dane
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Date: 7/18/2009 8:26:00 PM
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Date: 7/18/2009 6:17:00 PM
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Date: 7/18/2009 3:31:00 PM
Halloween is early this year, lol. Well written and great atmosphere. Sure had fun reading this one. Well done. Regards Heidie
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Date: 7/17/2009 10:10:00 PM
ghouls and goblins beware! John! your poem is comin' after 'im!!! love it! and thanks for your "haunted poet's" game! I had a blast with it!! your friend, jimbo
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Date: 7/17/2009 8:04:00 PM
I pass!!! John, this little spooky tale of yours of ghosts and goblins, I will take the living any day over people who are suppose to remain in their graves. Excellent Flow!
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Date: 7/17/2009 6:56:00 PM
Frightfully spooky, John! Those things that go bump in the night make me pull the covers over my head. Great description of life in a "haunted house." Love, Carolyn
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Date: 7/17/2009 5:41:00 PM
I considered opening a haunted house once. The insurance was too costly and the help just kept disappearing. :))-AA
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Date: 7/17/2009 2:10:00 PM
you gave me a fright John loving not so loving today,scarying us,haunting us--chilly writer-you re excellent in writing love poems and amazing in deadly ones--well penned,its time to sleep here in Malta and now i cannot:)charma
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