Hello,

As you know we have a section for my favorite poems under Good Reads on my blog. Today, by chance I happened to come across this poem which seemed just right for Halloween so, I decided it must be shared promptly.

We had read the book, “A Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein and have loved it & treasured it. As I searched through Google, as I came across more Shel Silverstein poems, it was as if a world had opened up to me. I just loved them. I will surely be searching for more of his poetry.

Here are the words of his poem. The picture I found on Pinterest just seems exactly right. I will be posting the picture credits below this post.

HAUNTED

By Shel Silverstein

I dare you all to go into

The Haunted House on Howlin’ Hill,

Where squiggly things with yellow eyes

Peek past the wormy window sill.

We’ll creep into the moonlit yard,

Where weeds reach out like fingers,

And through the rotted old front door,

A squeakin’ on it’s hinges.

Down the dark and whisperin’ hall,

Past the musty study,

Up the windin’ staircase—

Don’t step on the step that is bloody –

Through the secret panel

To the bedroom where we’ll slide in

To the ragged cowweb dusty bed

Ten people must have died in.

And the bats will screech,

And the spirits will scream,

And the thunder will crash

Like a horrible dream.

And we’ll sing with zombies

And dance with the dead,

And howl at the ghost

With the axe in his head,

And – come to think of it what do you say

We go get some ice cream instead?

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Hope you liked it too.

Do let us know your favorite poems.

Best regards,

Poornima

Reference:

http://poemsbyshelsilverstein.blogspot.com/2009/01/poem-by-shel-silverstein-pg-94.html

Pic credit: https://in.pinterest.com/pin/92534967317556331/