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OCTOBER 2021 - THE HAUNTED MANSION TETRALOGY & OTHERS

Poetry

The tetralogy was written in response to the PoetsPub October Contest, the challenge was to write four (4) separate poems in any form that referred to the haunted mansion. I chose to meet the challenge using four different forms, that would stand al...

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The Haunted Mansion - Part One (Rhyme)

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by NehpetsEnal

by NehpetsEnal

Crashing into headstones

It was our wedding anniversary

So, he asked me if I'd like to remarry

I said hotel marriages were going out of fashion

So instead, he booked a haunted mansion

Where we befriended the local Bard

So, proud he'd authored a poem about visiting a haunted graveyard

It was soon obvious that this was where my husband wanted to re-consummate our marriage

So, to butter me up, he drove me there in a horse-drawn carriage

It was a bumpy ride and it proved difficult fitting into my twenty-something wedding dress

So, I had to pull it over my head, what a mess

We left the carriage and wandered through the tombs

So, it was inevitable that I would stumble and fall into the gloom

But unfortunately, not into his waiting arms

So, he called me a clumsy cow, and he'd lost all his charms

You are right, this tale is about to get gory

So, you should know there is a moral to this story

Sticks and stones will break my bones

So will crashing into headstones

Foot Note: I thought it would be a nice idea to start this tetralogy with a funny Rhyme, each of the four will come in a different form.