Best Angsthouse Poems


The Devil's House

The Devil’s House



                         This empty house calls
                         and I sneak in from the cold
                         walking through the empty door.
                         The sun shining through the window
                         welcomes me like a moth to flame.
                         This temptation taunts fate
                         implores me to pass in silence
                         through empty chambers
                         left with no signs of previous life.
                         Compulsion defies caution
                         and leads me downstairs
                         while I fear walls collapsing
                         like a house of cards,
                         but I stand alone and warm
                         swearing to keep secret
                         the forbidden journey I take.

The House of Snakes

The House of Snakes

By Elton Camp

Snakes!  They slithered here and hid there
And inside the house—how did they dare?
The new owners thought they found a buy
To check it thoroughly they didn’t even try

A paper they signed before purchase attested
That they knew with snakes it was infested
Was it just that they didn’t believe such stuff
Or that to get rid of them would be easy enough

They found the house had thousands and more
In the attic, crawlspace, inside walls and floor
They crawled out into the families’ living space
And ruined their well—what a terrible disgrace

Since any effective remedy proved to be lacking
They told the bank that they’d soon be packing
“Take it over—we can’t live with snakes that way.
For a house filled with snakes we’ll no longer pay.”

Foreclosed and empty the fine house now does sit
And buyers have no interest, not even the least bit
With that many slithering, slimy snakes around
It would be best if that house were just torn down

(This is a true story)
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