Some of our Russley Writers took up Paula Green's 48 hour pop-up poetry challenge. They quickly crafted their ghostly poems, which Paula said were full of terrific atmosphere and wonderful similes.
Congratulations to these awesome writers who have had their ghost poems picked by Paula to be published on Poetry Box: Morgan C, Frida, Chloe P and James Q.
Paula is sending a copy of Bill Nagelkerke's book The Ghost House to Morgan. Wahoo! (Or should that be... BOO!)
You can read the poems here and check them out on Poetry Box too.
The Ghost of Mystery
Wind flies past my cheek like a storm on a cool night
as the smell of freshly cut firewood suddenly disappears
Popping out of corners, dark chocolate eyes stare down at me
a layer of snow glides across the room
like a kite being pushed in the wind
Flick, flick! goes the light
then, Whoosh!
Whoosh!
he’s gone
by Morgan C (age 12, Year 7)
Ghost?
Opening the door I step outside.
The deck creaks below my feet.
A few trees wave weak hellos.
The Sun just barely peeks over the edge of the land.
Sucking in cool air.
A faint scream gets my attention.
Where is the noise coming from?
Nobody is out here.
Or was it inside?
No it couldn’t have been them,
they were blasting the music way too loud.
The scream gets louder then suddenly stops.
That scream was way too familiar.
A white as snow figure fills my vision.
A Ghost?
by Frida H-B (age 12)
The Phantom GHOST
Floor boards creak
in the distance
the smell of an old abandoned house
lingers
Cold air blasts
Rats scurry past old dusty floors
Cries echo through
the old abandoned house
the ghastly shadow
of a ghost
disappears out of sight
pure white eyeballs
stare at me
in the distance
by Chloe P (age 11, Year 7)
PAPER GHOST
White as clouds the ghost
glides slowly like a pelican hunting for fish.
3:00 my alarm rings
I hear…
the back door creak open
the ghost wails like a kettle being boiled
it slowly drifts through the door,
closing it silently
I hop into bed falling back asleep.
by James Q (Year 7)
