A Forbidding Night

Posted By: Cowboy
Date: Tuesday, 5 October 1999, at 3:27 p.m.

This poem was writen by Kristen, a ninth grade student at West Junior High.

A FORBIDDIN NIGHT

A dark house rests upon a hill of earth,

Overpowering and rigid,

Dull and forbidding,
Creating a luminous silhouette against the yellow, rising moon.

A ghost sits shadowed in an old rocker, framed by an upstairs window,

Quiet and soft,

Translucent and still,
Reminding its viewers of a soul who is now lost among the living.

Black as midnight, a cat pauses on the dusty, gravel path,

Arched and mischievous,

Yellow and alarmed,
Ready to pounce upon any unwelcome intruder.

A goblin slowly hobbles up the creaky front steps to the towering door,

Ghoulish and fearful,

Pale and timid,
Knocking loudly with the tarnished brass knocker.

The shriek of "Trick-or-Treat" echoes repeatedly through the thick air,

Excited and joyous,

Hopeful and Childish,
Shouted by a disguised child amidst the fog of Halloween night.

Messages In This Thread

A Forbidding Night
Cowboy -- Tuesday, 5 October 1999, at 3:27 p.m.

Re: A Forbidding Night
Ginger -- Tuesday, 5 October 1999, at 4:58 p.m.

 

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