A Poetry Journey

Haiku – Creaky Floorboards

Written by

AWR72

in

Darkness clear and black

Ghostly footsteps in the hall

Wide awake in bed

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9 responses to “Haiku – Creaky Floorboards”

  1. Alice Keys Avatar
    Alice Keys

    This is a good spin on darkness.

    1. atothewr Avatar
      atothewr

      Thanks. Trying to do something a bit different.

  2. magicalmysticalteacher Avatar
    magicalmysticalteacher

    Terrifying!

    Clearing the Flyway

    1. atothewr Avatar
      atothewr

      Thanks. Always looking to give off a good scare.

  3. milan rajkumar Avatar
    milan rajkumar

    a hitchcock haiku Anthony !

    1. atothewr Avatar
      atothewr

      Nice compliment – Thanks.

      1. milan rajkumar Avatar
        milan rajkumar

        welcome !

  4. drewdog2060drewdog2060 Avatar
    drewdog2060drewdog2060

    Your poem brought to mind my time at boarding school here in the UK. I remember lying awake at night in the dormotory, the only sounds being the snoring of the other boys, the noise of the radiators (big old fashioned monsters) and the creaking of floor boards. Was it the pipes cooling or was something more sinister at work? Old wooden boards creak, but was something wicked causing them to do so?

    1. atothewr Avatar
      atothewr

      I lived in a house that was haunted and there was a time where I heard something walking across the floorboards. I was the only one home at the time. Real creepy. Sound like those old creaky floorboards got you too.

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