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"The Scaring" by Steve Doyle

SciFi/Fantasy text 39 out of 45 by Steve Doyle. ←Previous - Next→

Typical frustrated ghost, having a little trouble with a scaring. He's no Casper, though.

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The Scaring

Have I told you about my new tenant?

Moved in a short while ago.

Surely no one told him I was around

So I thought I'd just let him know.

He was sitting alone by the fire

On a rather chilly night;

Just sitting there reading a book

When I decided to give him a fright.

But he didn't seem to notice

When I started in with a low moan;

Didn't even look up from his book

So I switched to the agonized groan.

Soon I was rattling chains

To give the fellow a scare

But it didn't bother him a bit!

He just kept sitting there!

Finally I realized the boy was deaf

And couldn't hear a thing.

Not a moan, a groan, or a rattle;

I may as well just sing!

But I decided to try one more thing

Before giving up and giving in.

I appeared in all my ghastly glory--

Oh, yes, I got him then.

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Date	Name	Comment
3 Sep 2003	Amber Silver	Loading... Grins broadly I love it. A lot of people say poems that rhyme aren't really true poems... but I love them! Very cute.
3 Oct 2003	Rachael Evans	Loading... That's great Steve ^^ I love your rhyming style, it's the best ever!!
15 Nov 2003	'Princess' Laura Hewett	Loading... Absolutely awesome. At first I thought the kid was just engrossed in his book, that sounds like something I'd do. Just sit there and read. I love it. cupcakes
24 Nov 2003	Heather 'Istara' Sluys	Loading... Very cute! Keep the ghosties comin'. =^.^=
27 Nov 2003	Miss Loraina Tubbs	Loading... o mi gosh. That's the first one i've read from the gost's perspective, and i absolutely LOVE IT!!! uber spifF!!! YAYness!! lol... ok. great job!! UBERISTICNESSARAMA!!!!! ~~~~ Kyrie ~~~~
6 Mar 2004	Maisha 'Elenwyn' Foster-O'Neal	Loading... falls off chair laughing AGAIN im getting a bruise on my butt and it's all your fault!! glares heh, do you feel guilty? ^.^ innyhooo... i like this one! i figured out pretty early on that the bloke was deaf, but meh, it must just be me... i LOVED when the ghost appeared in all his/her "ghastly glory" - would have freaked me out, too!! great stuff! keep writing! Cheers and kudos! Peace and lampshades (gwathgalar!! oooo go me! i know the Elven word for lampshade!! ) ~Elenwyn~
6 Apr 2004	Enismirdal	Loading... Hehehe, I like it. laughs I'm soooo jealous of people like you who can handle poetry so well. I just can't. pouts and goes off to sulk in the corner
29 Jun 2004	Lindsey M. Butler	Loading... Oh wow! LOL That's amazing! I think that if you were to gather all of these wonderful ghost tales in your library and submit them as a book you'd be sure to be published. The stories are simply marvelous and this poem is among the best of the ghost tales in the library. Well done.
17 Jan 2006	Vivian Vazquez	Loading... Ha Ha yay ghosties!!! *