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Night Visions

Ghosts Enter Quietly Loneliness adds Form to night visions Curtains ruffled by wind Take shapes of apparitions Moonbeams casting eerie shadows Oak branches shivering in the breeze Turn away, lie on your chest, expel ghosts

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Kash Poet

Date: 5/29/2011 1:56:00 PM

This is a brilliant write from you Carolyn..very good Etheree.....

Robert Pettit

Date: 2/15/2011 7:56:00 PM

I see this one won in a contest as well. This is a fine example of an etheree poem. Well written.

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 6/21/2010 6:57:00 AM

Congratulations on your win in Andrea Dietrich's contest "Etheree Me" Carolyn. Love, Carol

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 6/21/2010 1:53:00 AM

Hi Carolyn :) --definitely liked the eerie feel of your etheree :) congrats!! --nikko :)

Joseph Spence Sr

Date: 6/20/2010 7:10:00 PM

I love this! It's nice to know that you're nocturnal. You have a great sense of sight. Congratulations on your success in the contest. Blessings, Joseph

Joyce Johnson

Date: 6/20/2010 6:46:00 PM

This one should go in the new fear contest. Congratulations on your win in this one. Lvoe, Joyce

Amy Green

Date: 6/20/2010 9:44:00 AM

oooh, creepy! An excellent and actually "goosebumping" adventure. Love this! congrats!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/20/2010 3:54:00 AM

Carolyn, Congratulations on your number 7 win in my contest. Great imagery and a well written etheree! Luv, Andrea

Gert W. Knop

Date: 6/15/2010 6:50:00 AM

I believe that this happened to all of us, Carolyn!! Spooky experience! Especially like lines 6-9!!! Thank you for all your kind comments and have a great time!...Love, Gert

Paul Holmes

Date: 6/12/2010 1:53:00 PM

So easy to visualise, especially as most, if not all of us have experienced these feelings. Well written and thought out.

Daver Austin

Date: 6/12/2010 12:42:00 PM

Yes, and pull the covers over your head. Spooky masterpiece. Love, Dave

Hgarvey Daniel Esquire

Date: 6/11/2010 4:00:00 AM

Dear Carolyn, Again I'll write when YOU Win Nice Write LOVE ALWAYS...HG

Jay Loveless

Date: 6/10/2010 10:39:00 AM

Please get as many people as possible to read Hush Missing Child <3

Sharon Tideswell

Date: 6/9/2010 3:59:00 PM

Ah, I have to scrap my etheree now I've read this one, it's too similar, lol, as the saying goes - great minds think alike ;) Enjoyed your grown up version very much, mine was from a young child's pov. Good luck in the contest ~ Sharon :)

Michael J. Falotico

Date: 6/9/2010 3:32:00 PM

This a scary one...love the flow of words the way they grab you.. great write my dear.. I write from whats inside me , I cant always speak aloud the way I write but I am learning too. I love everything about life the good and the bad.. I have seen both too close at times.Thanks for your kind words and YOU ALWAYS GET ME... Love Michael

Alan Reed

Date: 6/9/2010 2:15:00 PM

" I'm being followed by a moon shadow". A sheer delight. :-)

Roger Page

Date: 6/9/2010 4:33:00 AM

Oh so true, The imagination links with darkness and runs rampant. Nice work, Love Roger x

Caroline Cécile Delacroix

Date: 6/8/2010 10:11:00 PM

Well written Etheree, Carolyn. The imagery is indeed quite spooky. Thanks for sharing and thank you for your very nice comments on my latest. Best wishes always, Caroline.

Tirzah Conway

Date: 6/8/2010 4:02:00 PM

Spooky but perfect-just the way I like them!~Tirzah~

Daver Austin

Date: 6/8/2010 12:43:00 PM

Wonderful Etheree, Carolyn. Hope you are doing better with problems. Love, DAve

Larry Belt

Date: 6/8/2010 12:32:00 PM

Okay spooky....Great Write Carolyn.....And thanks for your many kind comments.....Larry

John Freeman

Date: 6/8/2010 8:31:00 AM

Smile, I've never seen darkness take a shape that was real yet! You method of expelling images of evil works quite well. Thanks for your gracious comment, Agape, Moses

Gert W. Knop

Date: 6/8/2010 5:35:00 AM

Great scary night visions, Carolyn!!! I malways wanted to see a haunted place, but never had the chance!!! Enjoyed your write this early afternoon. And thank you for your friendly comments...Love, Gert

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/8/2010 4:49:00 AM

Scary night visions that you are having there...Don't want to visit that place...Keep the creative pen flowing..Good luck in the contest with this creation..Sara

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 6/7/2010 3:54:00 PM

This is really spooky in a very good kind of way, Carolyn, really enjoy the chills it gives--This would be perfect to read on Halloween too :)--nikko :)