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Haunted Mansion - Beware

Haunted Mansion – Beware! Abandoned mansion cries in loud creaks and groans From deep within the dark cellar ghostly moans Attic lights flicker...then suddenly turn off By unseen hands of haunted souls castoff. Windows rattle, winds intone incantations Of tangled webs to strangle all sensations Hallways echo spectral chants as terror flows Reeling rhythms - eerie haunted vertigo. Deep in vaults dark plots of midnight roses grow Thorny canes drip with poisons like black snow Chalice filled with toxic brews from blighted petals Touches lips in a toast of stinging nettles. All doors and windows tightly locked and chained Only unheard shrieking prayers still remain Foreboding fears smothers like a phantom kiss When screams free fall into a bottomless abyss 10-13-22 Contest: 12-16 Lines of Scary Halloween Rhyme Sponsor: Tania Kitchen Rhymes checked with www.rhymezone

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Hat Bueckert

Date: 10/31/2022 8:41:00 AM

Very scary Sam, haunting last line especially, great job!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/31/2022 3:30:00 PM

Hi Hat! So glad you enjoyed this visit to my haunted house. Thank you! There is something so mesmerizing about the world of ghosties and ghoulies on Hallwoeen night - the world of the unseen and unexplainable! Hope you have a very Happy, not haunted, Halloween. Blessings.

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 10/31/2022 7:12:00 AM

Creepy Sam! Congratulations on your win! :)

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/31/2022 3:26:00 PM

Hi Linda! Thank you! Unexplainable things that go "bump in the night" always make my heart beat like a drum as my heart jumps into my throat but leave me wanting to go back to haunted houses on Halloween! Hmmm! Have a very Happy, not haunted, Halloween! Blessings :o

Terry Miller

Date: 10/31/2022 1:56:00 AM

"When screams free fall into a bottomless abyss" great line from a super poem; congratulations, Sam.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/31/2022 3:23:00 PM

Thank you so much Terry! This contest definitely stoked my imagination from cellar to attic! Thank you for your congratulations! Hope you have a very Happy, not haunted, Halloween.

Valsa George

Date: 10/30/2022 10:13:00 PM

Congratulations on this well deserved win. You have ignited my imagination !

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/31/2022 3:21:00 PM

Valsa, heartfelt gratitude for your note of congratulations! There is something about a haunted house that is indeed mesmerizing. Although, I once spent a night in an old bed and breakfast that I am sure was haunted. There was a presence in my bedroom that was totally frightening! Couldn't wait to leave the next morning! Have a very Happy, not haunted, Halloween! Blessings sweet friend!

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 10/30/2022 5:01:00 PM

Congratulations on your win, Sam. You are as brilliant in creepy poems as in dreamy ones, My Friend. Your description of the haunted house really gives me a chill! Happy Halloween!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/31/2022 3:16:00 PM

Mala, my friend - thank you so much from my Telltale Heart! I think this poem was the product of an over active imagination fed on childhood ghost stories. I do love the creepy, eerie part of Halloween - fingertips on the back of the neck! We decorate our front porch in ghosts, lights and Mr. Bones who welcomes trick or treaters! Have a delightfully spooky Halloween my friend. Much love and a hug! :o

Terry Flood

Date: 10/30/2022 4:51:00 PM

No problem, Sam. I think I’ll stay at the hotel down the road. Ha ha. Congrats on your noisy win. Terry

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/31/2022 3:09:00 PM

Hopefully your reservation isn't at the Bate's Hotel or The Hotel California. I understand guests check in but never check out! Thanks so much for your congrats! Happy Halloween!

Tania Kitchin

Date: 10/30/2022 4:23:00 PM

Sam, congratulations on your winning placement with your well done, creepy poem!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/31/2022 3:05:00 PM

Hi Tania! Thank you so much! Such a fun contest with so many wonderful spooky, creepy poems. So grateful for your placement among many Halloween delights! Happy Halloween to you!

Paul Callus

Date: 10/21/2022 1:41:00 PM

Your haunted mansion is definitely one that gives the reader the creeps, Sam! A perfect poem for this time of year. ~ Best regards // paul

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/24/2022 9:45:00 AM

Paul, thank you so much for your visit to this creaky, creepy haunted mansion! It is fun to write for this spooky time of year and a fun to create that atmosphere of spookiness with cobwebs, ghostly echoes and phenomenon that can't be explained! Hope you are well. Blessings of the season to you!

Valsa George

Date: 10/16/2022 8:41:00 PM

"Attic lights flicker...then suddenly turn off/ By unseen hands of haunted souls castoff". Vaults where dark plots of midnight roses grow and chalices filled with toxic brews from blighted petals' are indeed haunting. What a spooky scene you have painted. I love to read on haunted houses and walking phantoms. The spectral scenes you have presented here give a thrill and chill to me. Into my FAVE, Sam

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/19/2022 10:35:00 AM

Valsa, many thanks and much gratitude for your message. Thank you for your wonderful feedback!!! I too love the spooky especially at Halloween - those unexplainable things that stretch our imaginations while our hearts race! Every Halloween we re-explore the spooky and the eerie and enter a place of the unexplainable! So honored by your fave! Thank you sweet friend! Please know I keep your sister in my thoughts and prayers. Sending you a harvest of blessings!

Jack Horne

Date: 10/14/2022 12:31:00 PM

oh, love this super scary write - a sure winner in the contest

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/14/2022 2:31:00 PM

Hi Jack! Thank you so much! Actually your very scary poem, that I loved, got my muse off her backside. So happy you loved this one. Maybe we'll share some of that winners podium as our poems cast their scary spell. Sending you blessings of the season my friend!

Michael Tor

Date: 10/13/2022 4:58:00 PM

This is scary Sam... Thanks for the nightmares tonight lol...

Sam Kauffman
Date: 10/14/2022 2:27:00 PM

Oh Micheal, may your dreams not be filled with nightmares! I would feel so responsible if you lost sleep :s. We'll have to talk to Tania about her contest themes - ha! ha! I guess the moral of the story is to stay out of those abandoned mansions. This poem also reminds me not of candy or treat or treating but of the way we can laugh at ghosts and goblins because of Jesus' victory - "death, where is your sting?" Sending you blessings of sweet dreams!