Short Haunted House Poems

dracula delight
ominous haunted house
october fun...

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full moon
reflects on haunted house
eerie silhouette...

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night in haunted house
noisy presence in wardrobe
patch of damp in bed...

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dad built haunted house
dark and spooky,kids screaming
wonder whats ahead?...

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Sweet but psycho,
drawn into the curve of that smile;
Oh those shudders,
dancing in fiery red high tops;
Still, her sign read ‘Haunted House.’...

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Ghostly choir of sounds
rattle frames in haunted house
on the edge of cliff!

Date : 28th December 2020

Contest : ‘Hi-Ku(4)’

Sponsor : Brian Strand...

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It was a Halloween moon so what did I do?
I went to a big "Haunted House".
''Nothing will scare me", thought I in my pride...
A BIG MAN IN...out came a mouse....

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When chaos whirls like a merry go round in a haunted house, you have mastered the circus when you can stay calm. 

Heidi Sands

2/11/25

(C)opyright

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Going up the creaking steps.
Closer, closer.

Opening the creepy door.
Closer, closer.

Going too the second floor.
Closer, closer.

Opening the closet door.
BOO!

Helen Peever

Creepy Scary Haunted House...

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SHE SITS LIKE A WICKETY RICKETY SHREW 
COBWEB ENCRUSTED - WAITING FOR YOU 
RUSTED AND BUSTED WANTING TO CHEW, 

COME ON IN, BUT DON'T SAY "BOO" 
SHE'S HAUNTED, UNDAUNTED
UNWANTED, ITS TRUE......

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frosty crunch to grass
potpourri warming noon sun
wide eyed angel-blue skies 

pumpkins' glowing grins
kisses in tall cornfield maze
haunted house echoes with screams

Faye Lanham Gibson
Copyright, October 5, 2014...

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A lonely house behind the park,
The place is derelict and dark,
And shutters keep us out.
I picture inside bleak and stark,
With spectral dogs that howl and bark,
And ghosts that walk about.

Jack Horne for Constance’s Haunted House contest...

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They say it's only
Hocus Pocus but
Halloween is our focus
Haunted house creepy
Ghost what do you
Like the most
Enchanted broomstick
In the mist oh how
I wish October was here
Because anything You
Think of will Appear
The Phantom Is here
To give you a fright
Good night...

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A local shaman
         sits still in a trance-like state,
          attempting to drive a ghost
        from a quaint haunted house.
An angry response - house trembling!

Date written: 05/21/2020...

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Haunted house on top of the hill
Scares many kids that sure walk by
Ghouls and ghosts make their display known
Deep inside this hold there’s all sorts
They moan and groan and carry on
Loud enough so many others may hear
They bring life of misery to all

Russell Sivey...

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In the old house a creak
We went in for a peek
The floor boards all squeak
A ghostly shriek
Makes my knees go weak
My futures looking bleak
I'm on a loosing streak
Please! no more hide and seek.


Name    : Nick Bagnall
Contest : A Creepy, Scary Haunted House Poem, Please
7th place...

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Each day I stand within 
this hollow auditorium filled
with skeletons of regret.

Each door opened reveals the
nightmares that lay hidden
behind pretty smiles

I travel on rocky pathways in a 
search to find...ME

My Heart is a huanted house
forever filled with regrets of
my haunted memories...

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As thunder boomed and lightning flashed,
The rotting mansion seemed to speak;
The trembling pair, their eyes immense,
Began to shake with each new creak.

Decrepit timbers groaning then,
The pair agog, despite their boasts,
‘We have to stay and see it through.’
They couldn’t leave: they were its ghosts!...

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Accepting my costumed friends dare, I cautiously pushed through the weeds to the unlit dilapidate porch.  Before I could knock, the door creaked open.

"Come     on in.

      We've              been wait-        ing for            

you."       Croaked the emaciated little girl with the basso profundo voice.

Something pushed me from behind ......

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I broke into a haunted house for the thrill;
to see for myself if a ghost shows up there.
Then, like a warm breath clinging to Winter's chill,
a foggy apparition appeared mid-air.
It dissipated, yet my fright lingered still;
fueling feelings of anguish and despair.
My curiosity soon morphed into fear;
when I heard a voice whispering in my ear....

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Ghouly the Ghost walked at night,
His loud howls gave all a fright.
Until one day, he lost his voice.
It just happened, without a choice.
How can a ghost haunt if it can't wail,
To Ghouly, this was beyond the pale.
He wandered through this once haunted house
Aimless and timid, as a mouse.
Wondering where Ghouls who have had their day
Dwell hereafter or fade away....

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PEEKING THROUGH THE KEYHOLE

              Pretty puppy peeking through the keyhole.
               Inside playing three kitten and one mole.
                      That was a haunted house.
                      Wandering macro mouse
                chewing, relishing rotten mutton roll. 
   
    01/17/19

  'SLAP THE MUSE AND TURN IT LOOSE'  Contest by John Lawless...

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The ghosts float within the sky
In the gates of the graveyard
Where rodents run by gravestones
Marking the deceased

Lightning flashes, accenting
The haunted house, gruesome sight
Where Jack-O-Lanterns reside
At the front entrance

This is the home of the witch
Where her spells are being shown
Under the full moon she’s evil
She grasps Halloween

Russell Sivey...

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Magic is rampant inside the spooky fence
A witch stirs her potion which comes to a boil
Evil creatures that exist here are intense
Her mighty powers take its form from the soil
The Jack-O-Lanterns hold a devilish eye
Making for certain no-one ever gets by
There are trees that are gnarled and seemingly dead
Everything lives in a haunted house ahead

Russell Sivey...

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In the moonlight
Where clouds cast shadows
Dark and fierce

There’s a haunted house nearby
Dark even in the full moon

It’s all boarded up
Fear envelopes all around
Light in one window

A cemetery
Exists within perimeter
Terror expounds

There are dug up graves
Where skeletons used to lay

Now they party
Within the haunted house
Dancing with the ghosts

Russell Sivey...

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